John Linton ......the haphazard nature of the Changi internet connection - there will be no blog today. It's taken me 40 minutes of the likely 50 minutes to get a stable connection.
A combination of it being 12 midnight/lounge internet unavailability and total exhaustion renders it impossible for me to write even as quasi-coherently as I usually summon up the energy to do. I guess it's a sign I really have worked myself too hard this year but with another 14 hour flight in a few minutes/technical
troubles/a five hour derive at the other end and the unremitting slog of the last year I just can't force my mind to work.
I guess you'll just have to do without my pearls of wisdom today unless by some miracle I can get internet access in 19 - 20 hours time.....
....which turned out to be possible. We had a trouble free flight and no issues at Heathrow or picking up the car at Avis. The only problem was with the satnav that decided that the best way to the Suffolk coast included going via the M1 so as soon as we switched that off travel times and distances returned to normal. I think satnav is a really useful tool in large cities when you are going to addresses for the first time but even in the UK which I visit rarely a stand A to Z is more than enough for me to get anywhere in the UK in the most efficient time and satnav just is not a good idea for me.
So we visited Sutton Hoo which Annette has often wanted to do in the past (usually when we are in the North of Scotland or deep in the Devon Moors or on some Welsh Mountain that doesn't seem to be on the A to Z - this time we drove straight (almost straight) there only stopping for breakfast on the way. Its not as impressive as you tend to think it is but the story is very well t0ld in their museum and the actual jewelery on display is really impressive. So we spent an hour or so there and then visited a couple of fishing villages before finding our hotel - very close to the 'beach front' in Southwold and have now unpacked and showered and had a couple of glasses of the local (next door) brewery's beers and will try and stay awake to enjoy dinner at the Swan's restaurant which is highly
recommended for local food and careful preparation.
So the usual trip across the world involving 22 hours flying followed immediately by 6 hours driving has been successfully navigated we are both looking forward to a relaxing but stimulating time.
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