title A Long Walk Through Ipswich, Suffolk - 1st May 2026 intro We're off to Devon for Sean and Hannah's wedding, but aren't leaving until after school on Friday, and so to save on the extra two or more hours of charging time, plus the fact that our destination is in the wilds of Devon with no charging facilities, we decide to hire a petrol car. This involves a bike ride to the station in Diss, a train ride to Ipswich, and a two or three mile walk to the hire place out on Woodbridge Road - perhaps the least convenient location for a car-hire base in the history of the universe - in order to collect it, and a few days later, to drop it off again. On the upside, this gives a chance to explore some of the less-travelled bits of Ipswich, including Wolsey's Gate on College Street - the last remains of a grand college that was started by Cardinal Wolsey, but was never completed thanks to him being demoted by Henry VIII in 1529. imgp7778 A mural of Digby the Octopus on the Paul building imgp7779 Street art on St. Peter's Dock imgp7780 St. Peter's by the Waterfront, and a shark imgp7783 Wolsey's Gate on College Street imgp7784 The Burton Son and Sanders building imgp7785 Ipswich bin chaos on College Street imgp7787 The derelict Anfield Flour Mill imgp7789 Another fine building surrounded by dross imgp7790 The Nelson pub imgp7792 The remains of St. Clements Congregational imgp7793 Seedy shops on Woodbridge Road imgp7794 Rubbish outside a house on Yarmouth Road imgp8464 A derelict shop on Woodbridge Road imgp8467 The giant chimneys of the Case is Altered pub imgp8469 The single-track railway line from Felixstowe imgp8471 More Ipswich bin chaos imgp8474 An old advert for a building business imgp8475 The Ipswich School Board crest imgp8476 The old Emeny shop on St. Helen's is still going imgp8477 The old SCC buildings on St. Helen's Street imgp8482 The now-derelict councillors' entrance imgp8486 Citroën 2CVs outside Le Garagiste imgp8488 Upper Orwell Street in Ipswich imgp8490 A sometime-haunt of the Falcon imgp8491 The famous Willis-Coroon building imgp8492 Strange art on Wolsey Street imgp8494 A graffitoed bridge over the Orwell imgp8495 Impressive wall art by the river imgp8497 A bright orange tag imgp8498 More wall art imgp8500 An angular tag imgp8503 Class 90 90015, the former Colchester Castle