title A Trip to Beccles, and the BSCC at The Greyhound, Botesdale, Suffolk - 23rd May 2024 intro The Thursday morning bike ride is interrupted by a flooded road in Thornham Magna, but luckily there's a raised path which runs through the bushes to the nearby village hall. Then, Nosher and Isobel are in Beccles for something to do, and for a nice lunch in Relish Café. Then the BSCC - in this case just Nosher and Gaz - are off to the Greyhound in Botesdale, followed by a stop off at the Railway Tavern in Mellis. imgc20240517_191928 A random wide-angle photo of the kitchen imgc20240517_192006 Fred and Isobel hang out in the instrument room imgc20240522_193222 Nosher's empty pint at the Mellis Railway imgp0031 The road through Thornham Magna is flooded imgp0034 The bike waits by a brook imgp0037 A convenient path skirts around the flooded road imgp0041 Thornham's 1924 village hall imgp2121 Old signs in a Beccles drive imgp2122 A big motor-tricycle at Emanuel barbers imgp2124 The Marmalade Tree on Blyburgate imgp2127 The public hall on the end of Station Street imgp2130 The derelict Beccles Co-op imgp2131 The grand Beccles Cooperative Society building imgp2132 Beccles Cinema is no longer a Prezzo imgp2133 Beccles Bell Tower and St. Michael's church imgp2134 Isobel scopes out a guidebook in the café imgp2135 Relish café - our lunchtime stop imgp2136 Railway buildings on Station Road imgp2137 A former post office, built to the standard plan imgp2138 A view up Sheepsgate imgp2139 A still-functioning Lloyds Bank branch imgp2140 Isobel mooches past Beccles Sewing and Handicrafts imgp2141 A curious electrical warning sign in Polish imgp0043 A stunning field of iris in Burgate imgp0045 Gaz tries to get his new camera to take a photo imgp0048 Burgate's well-hidden parish hall imgp0049 Another look at a field of flowering iris imgp0050 Nosher's beer at the Botesdale Greyhound imgc20240523_201329 Gaz at the bar of the Greyhound in Botesdale imgp0051 The lounge at the Greyhound imgp0052 The other end of the main bar in the Greyhound imgp2145 Mini Molly Mog rolls around like a kitten imgp2146 The Mini Molly Mog - tiny cat