near the coast

♫ constellation (with a small c) is a very special intimate concert series by Pop Chorus who are choirs from seven towns around near the coast.  This Friday at Halesworth Cut and Saturday at St Joseph;s School Chapel Ipswich.

Tomorrow Suffolk raconteur Charlie Haylock at Chapel Hall Arts Fressingfield.

 JOB  East of England Co-op are recruiting a Deployment Assistant working overnight to deliver the instalment of Electronic Self Edge Labels ... no CV needed.

Tomorrow afternoon farm trail and best turkey photo comp at Whitehouse Farm Cratfield.

An Aldringham Lane Aldringham shed was broken into last week and several hand tools stolen.  Security advice for sheds and if you any info call 101 quoting 37/62173/24.

We're pleased to find that the Marlesford Community Centre is in what was the school in Church Road nearby the T junction with the New and Hall Roads.  Tomorrow week it hosts an Arts and Crafts Fair, more info from

Monday evening there was a failed but damaging attempt to force a barn door in Stump Street Pettistree.  Any info you can call 101 crime ref 37/58891/24.

Unsurprisingly the district council manages to be a little confusing about historic future bin collections, certainly the two week waste cycle is becoming three week and there will be at least one extra bin ... where's the food waste going?

Jeep Day at the Debach Airfield Museum this Sunday and the last chance to visit before the winter shut down.  Having said that the Sunday after 6 October is Black Dog Antiques' flea market on the runway.

In the manner of bike races last Sunday the Tour of Britain flashed past through near the coast. 

Second-Hand September at the Pettistree Three Tuns today and tomorrow.

The 27th Ride and Stride returns Saturday.

Sunday fortnight the last stage of the 2024 Tour of Britain Lowestoft-Felixstowe will pass through near the coast, signs have appeared in Framlingham.  Riders listed to start include Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and our personal favourite the very entertaining Julian Alaphilippe.

Grateful thanks to the Sudbourne Park Printmakers for very welcome coffees.

The Butley Mills Studios show Under The Surface starts today with a walk and talk Saturday week.

Circus Cortex (can't help but think of them as Circus Gortex) are running there Golden Age show at Stonham Barns from tonight until Monday.

The Sudbourne Park Printmakers move out of their studios to show in Aldeburgh with ♫live jazz♫ and drinks this Friday and cake Sunday.

♫ This Sunday in St Mary's Cratfield the Meliora Collective septet (seven of the ten players) performing in the summer season of chamber concerts.

The Dunwich Dynamo passing through near the coast in the early hours tomorrow morning.  It's later in the month this year because it's timed for the full moon.

Tomorrow entry to the Framlingham Horse Show is free and at midday Roy Hudd's widow Debbie Hudd will open the Crowfield village fete.

Like the sound of Common Ground's Christmas show Father Brown and the Curse of the Christmas Fairy ... Christmas?!

 VOTE  If you want to vote in next month's general election you need to be registered by midnight.

♫Words and Music last night on Radio 3 was Portraits of Suffolk to mark 75 years of the Aldeburgh Festival.  Inevitably the playlist included that there Ed Sheraton but surprisingly not Doreen Carwithen and readings (in accents) mention lots of place near the coast including Framlingham, Wickham Market and Southwold.

Thanks to Andy Fordyce for pointing out that Ordnance Survey thinks the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency does exist but the boundaries have moved because of the new Waveney Valley constituency.  There are seven candidates including two independents.