Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Suffolk Walks-- Autunm in Anglessey Abbey

Here we come, we were there again! Anglessey Abbey.
I think this was our 3rd time to visit here, snowdrops were very pretty in winter.
When we got there, it was nice and spacious, enjoying some walks in the beautiful gardens. We were well chuffed we didn't have to pay, we now have membership, just keep visiting the National Trust places! Hooray!

 Gardens there looked different from last time we were there, of course, trees were changing colours, different plants were coming out from the grounds. Wow, all though year, we can enjoying the gardens.

 This time, we went into the house:
"See Lord Fairhaven's country house at Anglesey Abbey, where he lived and entertained guests.
As an avid collector of antiquities, he amassed a vast selection of paintings, silverware, clocks and other items which can be seen throughout the house.
Immerse yourself in Lord Fairhaven's way of life as you visit the house."
Some of his collections were impressive, I was fantasizing how much they would fetch on eBay.... and got a bit excited(in my head). I loved some of the bathrooms, very 40-50's, I love anything quaky vintage. Anglessy Abbey used to an Abbey with monks, I would love to see what it was like when it was built and how monks lived, pray and eat.

Here's some photos of the trees:


 
Started changing colours


Pretty flowers in light

 It was beginning of this month we went there. It was mild still, and we were having lovely autumn till a few days ago (we had  bad storm). Now, lots of leaves were coming down, due to the storm we had on the weekend just gone, tree blanches were broken, rose hips were really soft, I was told our first frost was over a week ago, I completely missed it, and now need to wait till next year to try to make rose hip powder...never mind...

 Anyway, come back to the Abbey. 
We found a few button mushrooms on the ground. (We also found poisoness ones ) Of course, we picked them (only found 2-3 small ones) and take them home for our dinner. I was a bit suspicious about the mushrooms we picked, they did look button mushroom and smelt like that too. I cooked them that night, I only had a bit, I gave most to Marcus, I didn't want to get tummy ache..... It proved that they WERE edible button mushrooms, we are still here today alive... Thank God!
Cute!
We walked along the river, past the Lode Mill, back to the garden. Wondered how to get to the other side of the river. Saw nice footpath leading to the field next door. We reckon the footpath is outside the Abbey, there must be somewhere to get to it. We haven't managed to found it yet, will let you know when we do. 
Tree with a huge mouth! I think he's singing
 
 We had our light snack sitting on one of benches looking at flowers and people watching. Then he suggested if we could pop into Cambridge, and I got a bit excited...I really like Cambridge, its' a nice city. The most importantly, it has a lovely health food shop! ☺☺☺

So after our snacks, we headed to Cambridge. 

Where shall we go next week????
 


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Suffolk Walks---Sutton Hoo ❀Marcus's B'day day out❀

Anglo Saxon Mask

 Price list

It was Marcus's birthday weekend. He came over to my end, so we decided to visit Sutton Hoo. Marilyn (Marcus's mum) came along, we spend time there. It was nice day, mild and sunny, sometimes cloudy. We've been having really mild autumn this year. 

 It is run by National Trust. When I saw the price, I thought really expensive... Marcus was at the reception to sort out admission fees while I was in the loo. When I came out, he was applying for the national trust membership with extra (me!). We worked out it was cheap to join than "pay as you go" if we visit National Trust places. We do visit sometimes, like. Anglessey abbey, Ickworth park, Dunwich etc. I always felt joining national trust, English Heritage, or RSPB was old people's activity, but, these days, all types, ages of people join to support those charities, after all, they do good job to keep going. I really enjoy every bit every time I visit.

So, today was the day we finally arrived at the Sutton Hoo, always wondered what it was like, to be honest, I was quite impressed about the scale and how artifacts were displayed. And, they had a nice cafe, if I was still "2-cake-nori" I would defo try afternoon teas there. It looked nice. Scorns, clotted cream and home made jam, mmmm, make my mouth watery, just even think about it. I'm not "2-cake-Nori" at mo, so, no cakes for me there. Instead we had my home made raw snacks with cup of tea after our walks and visits to the museums. 

 One thing I felt a bit disappointed about was that some of really interesting artifacts are now exhibited in the British museum. Personally, they should belong where they were found....

 Anyway, let's go for a wonder.....
Lovely chestnut tree in the car park

When we got there, it wasn't busy. Lovely sunshine!
We saw lots of chestnut trees there. Reminded me of Greece and France. It was like chestnut forests! We just walked along the footpath and towards the burial mound.

One huge cool mushroom!


Marcus & smiley Marilyn pausing for the camera

Found this bench made with top of a big boat. View from here was awesome country side with the old house(Tranmer house) standing on the right side. This footpath leads out to field and cows were chilling out. Then we saw.... the mound!
It was quite impressive that they buried their master/king with the whole ship there. Anglo Saxons were there and lived, and died, all happened loooooong time ago, yet still felt like they were there.


Carried on walking, following the footpath leading into the woods, this footpath take you out to public footpath. After walking passed a couple of big houses on the left, along the water, turn right (there's a sign) back to Sutton Hoo. View from the footpath was quite pretty, I thought it was very Suffolk-like. 
Very English!
I thought this was very pretty & quint

Little bit about Sutton Hoo, I took this passage from the National Trust website:
"This hauntingly beautiful 255 acre estate, with far-reaching views over the river Deben, is home to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time.
Walk around the ancient burial mounds and discover the incredible story of the ship burial of an Anglo-Saxon king and his treasured possessions.
Come face to face with your ancestors and explore our award-winning exhibition, the full-size reconstruction of the burial chamber, stunning replica treasures and original finds from one of the mounds, including a prince's sword.
Look inside the Edwardian house or enjoy the beautiful seasonal colours on our estate walks."

Doesn't it sound very romantic?  Anything like this, I love the sensation of being-tickled-my- imagination. It was nicely presented inside the exhibition halls. Here's a few photos what we did:
Outside the exhibition hall
Me pretending as an Anglo Saxon warrior?
It was a fun to go and have a look king's treasure and how he was buried inside the ship, how it was discovered etc, not only kids but adults were having fun too.  I would defo recommend to visit if anyone comes this way. Price includes tour of the property too. I think all in all, it's a good value for money. 

We had our snack outside with my raw nibbles and cuppa, watching kids and adults enjoying some fun games. 

Made me wonder where to go next week....

One of my taichi sword form????


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