near the coast

♫ The Fressingfield Chapel Hall Arts is in itself a venue worth visiting and it's where Fressingfield Sounds are hosting their monthly concerts.  Tonight the SOLD OUT Piatti String Quartet will play Mendelssohn,.Purcell and Dvořák's American. ♫

RSPCA Suffolk have a fundraising Mud Run at Wantisden TODAY ... we've been to a mud run ... it was near Hollesley.

♫ The Suffolk Savoyards at Chapel Hall Arts Fressingfield tomorrow evening for An alphabetical romp through the solos, duets, trios and quartets of G&S ... box office 01379 384656 ♫

artEast returned to the Framsden Hall Barn yesterday with paintings, sculptures, prints and ceramics running until Tuesday.  Private view with cocktails 6-10pm tonight.

♫ Very regretful that we've missed the earlier Concerts at Cratfield.  This afternoon the Busch Trio will play a programme of Shostakovich, Debussy and Tchaikovsky, ♫

Common Ground's Christmas show this year is Father Brown and the Carnival of Fear touring near the coast including Laxfield and Southwold and beyond.

We've always thought of Hungarian Hall as Ufford but apparently it's Pettistree, either way Open Wedding Days this weekend.

♫ Thursday afternoon Fressingfield Sounds have a free Classical Café introducing their autumn concerts at Chapel Hall Arts but you do need to book a ticket. ♫

♫ Thanks Middleton Bell Inn for the coffees and today they have a free entry delicious afternoon with barbeque from 4pm and  Ralph Taylor and the Secret Peppers from 5pm.  Ralph's new to us but sounding pretty good. ♫

♫ Cracking concert last Sunday at the Walpole Old Chapel Gromit. ♫

♫ We like the look? sound? of baritone Rob Gildon with sopranos Charmian Bedford and Lucia Vernon Long at the Walpole Old Chapel this afternoon. ♫

This month Butley Mills Studios are debuting Lorna Pridmore's solo show Into The Fray of sculptures and wall works.  Private view  tonight 5-7pm.

To the outsider motorcycle enduros may seem as inexplicable as roller derby.  There's an enduro at Butley today and organisers the Woodbridge DMCC are usually good about arrows to help find it.

Today is vehicular with Land Rover Day at the Middy in Wetheringsett and Classic Cars at Helmingham Hall.

The weekend looks event congested, Saturday includes ♫Hubfest♫ on the Huntingfield Millennium Green, the ♫Pastoral Quire♫ in Dennington Church and British Birds themed 75th Wickham Market Village Show though now too late to get your entry in.

The Walpole Old Chapel is a delight inside.  Upcoming there is a whole bunch of events, Sunday fortnight the Lovekyn Consort play from the 17th century repertoire. ♫

A ways off but come autumn the Sudbourne Printmakers have lino cutting and etching workshops in their beautifully located studios.

Coming back from Horham yesterday the road was blocked by a fire engine at a field fire.  The satnav sent us to two different ROAD CLOSEDs and then unknowingly we were driving back towards the fire engine when a driver coming the other way stopped to tell we needed to take the next right ... what a gentleman.

There will be on the day tickets for Sunday's The Piglet at Wantisden, been there didn't get the t-shirt.

From 2:30pm this afternoon Friston Classics on the Green fund raiser for the church.

The Sudbourne Printmakers were part of this month's Suffolk Open Studios.

10:00am-1:00pm today Fressingfield Shed open day and yard sale.

That new roundabout on the A12 at Friday Street certainly takes the pretty way round.

Today 11am-4pm the Parham Airfield Museum opens today and for the summer while the Debach Airfield Museum opens the last summer Sundays of the month.