title A Long Walk and a Long Ride, Hoxne and Kenninghall - 14th September 2023 intro Isobel's having lunch with "the girls" over at the The Swan in Hoxne, so we cycle up to the village hall in Brome and then walk the remaining three miles or so. We then have a few beers before the lunch, whereupon Nosher leaves them to it and walks back. The next day, it's time for a longer bike ride, featuring a stop at the Old Buckenham Country Park for a sausage roll and a can of fizz, before a loop back via Kenninghall, The Lophams, Redgrave, Wortham, Mellis and Eye - about 33 miles in total. imgp6858 There's a bit of thatching "re-pointing" in Oakley imgp6860 The top of Billingford Windmill peeps out imgp6863 Isobel on the path down to the river imgp6865 Funky swirls of algae on the River Waveney imgp6866 Isobel peers into the river imgp6867 The River Waveney at Upper Oakley imgp6868 Isobel in the bar of the Swan at Hoxne imgp6871 Isobel and Suzanne bring some drinks imgp6876 Megan, Isobel and the gang imgp6877 The back bar of the Hoxne Swan imgp6879 Isobel's lunch group in the Swan imgp6881 The Hoxne Post Office and shop imgp6884 The Hoxne Swan pub imgp6887 A butterfly sucks at a blackberry imgp6891 Remains of the old bridge imgp6892 A gang of Guinea Fowl scutter about imgp6894 The R Prior Hall Farm sign in Brome imgp0003 Lunch at the Old Buckenham campsite café imgp0004 Reflections in a pond imgp0006 A very derelict shop in Banham imgp0010 The remains of a garden wall in a derelict house imgp0011 The derelict shop in Banham imgp0013 An old Citroën is reclaimed by nature imgp0015 The closed-down White Horse in Kenninghall imgp0016 A derelict house in Kenninghall imgp0018 The King's Head in North Lopham imgp0019 Another lost Post Office: Lopham imgp0021 There's a George postbox in the old Lopham PO imgp0023 The Norman tower at St. Andrew's, South Lopham imgp0024 The nave of St. Andrew's imgp0026 A recently-discovered rood-screen stairwell imgp0027 The chancel, with the lower plaster removed imgp0029 A nine-hundred-year-old trunk imgp0030 A round window in the original Saxon wall