title An Orford Day Out, Orford, Suffolk - 17th February 2018 intro Orford's another of the places that we haven't been to for a while, so armed with English Heritage membership we head off to the castle for a small picnic, some climbing in the climbey-tree and a trip to the quay - featuring the awesome smoked cheddar from the Pinney's shop. imgp9740 The boys run up the Orford Castle motte imgp9742 Fred and Harry imgp9744 Picnic on the motte imgp9748 We have a micro-picnic imgp9750 Fred and Harry do piggy-back with 10-minute friends imgp9753 A pigeon takes off from the keep imgp9755 Harry runs around imgp9756 The gang roam around inside Orford castle imgp9757 Fred looks around imgp9758 The town of Orford, with the Ness lighthouse in the background imgp9760 More of the town of Orford imgp9762 A view over Orford Ness imgp9765 1628 graffiti, and a picture of a castle imgp9766 Some 1643 graffiti imgp9768 The rooms of Orford Castle imgp9769 Harry sticks his head up a chimney imgp9770 Harry looks at stuff imgp9771 Isobel inspects a cabinet imgp9774 The gang look down the well in the basement imgp9775 Fred's got a tree growing out of his head imgp9782 Walking up the path from the square imgp9783 In Pinney's of Orford imgp9784 Harry in the Pinney's of Orford smokehouse shop imgp9785 Isobel peers at food items imgp9786 Fred on the foreshore imgp9789 A boat bobs around on the River Ore imgp9790 Harry has a drink imgp9791 Isobel folds the blanket up imgp9796 Another fishing boat, from Lowestoft imgp9800 On the quay at Orford imgp9803 An E-Type Jag has its bonnet up imgp9808 The Deben Trojan, a wreck-digging ship imgp9809 The gang up on a shingle bank, in the sun imgp9812 Harry, Fred and Isobel, contra jour, on bank imgp9813 A wrecked boat imgp9814 The skeleton of an old boat imgp9816 Down in the marshes imgp9820 In the marsh reeds imgp9822 We walk over the marshes back to the castle imgp9823 Harry stops for a slurp imgp9829 Marsh grasses in the sun imgp9830 A nice old farmhouse