Suffolk Jan/Feb 2025 - D2

In the old van Reggie had a small seat to sit on alongside the bench seats when they were converted into the bed. In the new van we have a fixed bead at the back and he doesn't get to sleep next to us.  So he comes along and whines and whinges for a while until he goes back to his bed and sleeps. He also likes to go out for his toilet breaks in the middle of the night where at home he sleeps until we get up and let him out.  

So our day started firstly at 4.10am and then again at 7.10am.  Firstly loo time and then breakfast time!  We went back to bed and didn't wake up until after 9.30am!  Once breakfasted and glad that the heating and the water hadn't come up with any new errors, we packed away the electric hookup cable and left the site for a shorter day than anticipated visiting firstly Aldeburgh, where we haven't been before, and then to Snape Maltings as Claire wanted to look for a birthday present for hr BFF.

According to Park4Night you can park free at the very southern end of the town at Aldeburgh and overnight if need be. So that's where we headed. Once through the tarmac section of road and past the last tarmac car-park on the left where there are no spaces at all for longer vehicles, we were onto the dirt and pot-holed road leading to the yacht club. The first bit before the road splits into a Y is still inside the paying area.  There was one car.  We parked and paid through the app for a length of pothole free dirt hard against the bank on the left. Parking was £1.50 for two hours, plus 25p for the privilege of using an app to pay.

Where the road splits into the Y, the lower part was full of vans. The upper one has a sign saying no motor caravans.  There was one up there.

A walk up the seafront was very nice with the sea on the right. It was quite busy but not too bad considering the car-parks were pretty full. At least the ones that would fit a standard car!  

Malibu Molly in paid parking!

There were so many people eating fish and chips that we decided to see if we could find the shop.  The Golden Galleon is about halfway along the high street. 

Aldeburgh obviously attracts a certain class of visitor. As well as art galleries there are plenty of "name" stores like Seasalt Cornwall and L'Occitane were on the street along with several independent stores selling clothing and outdoor wear.

Once Claire had ordered and collected the F&C, we headed back to the van to eat it.  It was okay. The fish a little greasy but the chips were very nice. Reggie liked his hand outs.

From Aldeburgh we headed to Snape for a park-up and walk around. Reggie and I had a walk around and Claire went into some shops and we met again to go and have a copy at the Maltings coffee house. I couldn't resist a bit of pecan flapjack.  Very nice.

From there it was back to the Waterpump and an evening in. Sadly the firestick didn't work. It had fallen out of the TV earlier and maybe it's damaged. With the TV set to HDMI, no signal was found. So we watched a couple of vlogs on Claire's phone. 

As the sun set I tried to get some photos of the moon and Venus!  Maybe need a better phone!

Dinner was a Claire and RidgeMonkey masterpiece. A chicken and potato pie cooked in the 'Monkey. Premade puff pastry with a filling of tinned chicken and another of potatoes.

There was only a small repeat of the Reggie whining performance before he went to sleep and he didn't get up as early. Hurrah.