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????

• Address:
  Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, IP12 3DJ
• Telephone: 01394 389700
• Email: suttonhoo@nationaltrust.org.uk