title A Trip to Thorpeness, Suffolk - 9th January 2011 intro We meet up with Clive and Suzanne for a trip over to Thorpeness on the coast near Sizewell, taking the van for a spin. Thorpeness, despite being only four miles away from the oft-visited Aldeburgh, is hitherto unexplored, and the weather is great, at least as far as January goes. Afterwards, it's back for dinner and a chance for Amelia and Fred to run around like lunatics for a couple of hours. imgp8899 Buggies are extracted from the vans imgp8903 Thorpeness clapper-board houses imgp8905 A bunch of swans imgp8908 The iconic "House in the Clouds" imgp8909 Isobel and Clive with buggies imgp8912 Contra-jour beach-front houses imgp8913 Amelia and Ellie on the beach imgp8915 Clive on the beach imgp8920 Ellie, Amelia and Suzanne imgp8926 Fishermen on the beach imgp8929 Amelia and Fred hold hands on the beach imgp8936 Ellie with Fred imgp8937 Driftwood imgp8938 Ellie stands on the driftwood log imgp8940 Isobel, Suzanne and Ellie are on the log imgp8941 Amelia and Clive imgp8946 The whole gang on the driftwood log imgp8950 Nosher and Isobel imgp8955 Stomping up the gravel imgp8959 More walkers on the beach imgp8962 Fred runs around by a digger imgp8965 Nosher casts a very long shadow imgp8967 The pond at Thorpeness imgp8972 Fred and Amelia are strapped in imgp8973 A picnic by the vans imgp8974 A procession of swans imgp8982 Fred pokes about in the van