Monday August 8th "On the Road Again" - Burgh le Marsh to Glemsford, Suffolk

Sun setting over the wheat fields of Suffolk

Yes…”We are on the Road Again”!!! Whopee.

Packed up this morning and set off in convoy to Boston with me and the GPS leading the way and Ian having his first major drive by himself, following. Delivered the rental car back to Enterprise, after initially hiring for a week, it ended up with a 4 week hire. But no dents.

Finally heading south at 10.30, the roads were pretty busy. I set Jilly for King’s Lynn but it was not the best call as really busy. We stopped and had a coffee and a sandwich before heading south on the A134 which was a much easier road although I am still getting used to sitting on the centre line and when the roads aren’t that wide and a big truck is passing I shut my eyes as the wing mirrors aren’t very far apart! Ian did a great job, very calm and kept his cool.

Needed our first fill of diesel so drove into a service centre off the motorway, near Thetford, (Diesel at 1.169 pound/litre), but what really amazed me was to see a group of gypsies camped up in the layby, obviously been there for a long time, lots of caravans and tens surrounded by rubbish, make shift chook runs and a fire going. Find it hard to comprehend.

We drove through the Thetford Forest, such beautiful scenery, then on south through Bury St Edmunds. The rural countryside of rolling hills, fields of ripening wheat, patches of trees and cloudy skies remind me so much of John Constable whose paintings of this area are so famous.

I had been online last night and found a campsite on Clock Hill Farm in the village of Glemsford which sounded delightful…if only the navigator did a better job. I have to admit we took two wrong turnings, one of them up a single lane with trees hanging right over the vehicle and even when we finally got on the right road, it was very narrow and we met several cars requiring Ian to hold his breathe in and hit the side of the road. But we are here, a very delightful lawned site with plenty of space and not many campers.

Took ourselves off for a good walk following the Pedestrian paths that criss cross the wheat fields and hedgerows…a good chance to catch our breath after what has been a little bit of a challenging day.

Sitting back now with our deck chairs out, enjoying a few cold bevvies, lamb chops on the menu….life is great.

…Later, noticed that the sky was colouring up as the sun set so grabbed the camera and popped down a little lane and through a path out onto the wheat field, just magnificent watching the colours change, had to pinch myself that here I was in the middle of Suffolk, no traffic noise and not a soul around. Sorry about all the sunset photos, but did my “happy dance” Rainie!!!!.

Full of concentration

The wheat is being harvested everywhere.

Love all these paths where you can walk across farmland

First night on the road, a great campsite.

It's been a long day!