earlier Hacheston

In case you haven't had one of these through your letter box EDF are taking a show about the proposed Sizewell C on the road at the start of January.  No show in Framlingham, nearest Hacheston Thursday 10 Jan but perhaps the most convenient for the working person Saturday 19th at the Riverside Centre Stratford St Mary.

 JOB(S)  Garnett's Gardens in Hacheston has a Staff Wanted sign outside.

Driving through Parham and Hacheston this morning you could still see where last week's snow drifts must have caused a problem ... driving through Easton this afternoon you could still see where last week's snow drifts must have caused a problem.

Surprised we hadn't heard about the nasty sounding road accident in Hacheston last Thursday, a Cateye Strada wireless cycle computer found in Woodbridge and dodgy £20 notes have been popping up all over nearthecoast including Aldeburgh, Saxmundham, Snape and Walberswick.

The Hacheston flower festival runs today and tomorrow, Culture of the Countryside starts today at the Wingfield Barns (Daisy Cooper's mum is showing there next month) and it's the FESPA summer fete in Walberswick tomorrow which we much enjoyed last year.

Those exquisite classic cars pulled up by Hacheston village hall Saturday were members of the Riley Register gathered to attend the memorial service for local man and Riley enthusiast Gerald Dick who died in January at the age of 72.

Over the weekend a spare wheel stolen in Hacheston and last week a sit-on mower, a concrete mixer and aluminium scaffolding were stolen from a building site in Brandeston.

It would seem Hacheston village hall has closed.

Last month's Hachfest will give £8,000 to charity, its most ever.

Alan Mutimer has just told us he expects Hachfest to raise about the same as last year.  Last year Hachfest and Hacheston Bygones together donated £7,700 to charity.  Appropriately one of this year's benefiting charities is the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

As promised here's the video (don't forget to click watch in high quality) of yesterday's 8th Hacheston Bygones including the Crab and Winkle's Andrew Stannard in accordion mode.  previous video

Lot's of interesting new stuff at the Hacheston Bygones today including some stylish owners, hotrods, mopeds, stationary engines, model traction engines and a Cat Protection League stall ... and yes there is another video on the way; Alan Mutimer was an absolute star, particularly when being silently heckled from behind the cameraman's back.

This Sunday it's the eighth annual Hacheston Bygones in, not surprisingly, Hacheston.  Classic and vintage cars, farm machinery, bikes, commercials ...  Not expensive to get in (profits to charity, usually the East Anglian Air Ambulance) and if you can find Hacheston you'll find the Bygones.

... unpleasantnesses in Bredfield and Hacheston.

Those local cheeky chappies Cheek Cheeky are playing Glastonbury this year and headlining the Lake Stage at Latitude.  That Latitude has got very big very quickly ... wonder if they know they're clashing with Hachfest this year?

The Hacheston shop appears to now sell pine furniture.

Just driven past the Hacheston shop in this micro hail and the door was open; two people cleaning and tidying up inside.

The Lion's Den may have closed (yes they're digging up Castle Street again) but unlike Hacheston Framlingham isn't losing a shop as the former LD will almost certainly become an ice cream parlour.  Kate was extremely pleased at this prospect but not impressed by this summer's Maverick Festival as she doesn't like that sort of music.  Give it a try is our advice.

The dates Friday 18th-Sunday 20th July have been set for Hacheston's own personal Armageddon the three day music festival Hachfest.