Fishing, Flags and Framlingham

Orford Quay, Suffolk

Fine fishing paraphernalia at Orford quay, looks like good teamwork and a lot of concentration is going on here. Meanwhile

Orford, Suffolk

the professionals have netted their fish and are flogging it at the fishing sheds. No high tides at the moment but

if there were they will be well protected from flooding with these footings.  Perhaps you wanted more than fish?  Then travel not too far away to the market town of

Framlingham.  This is the market square but on the day I visited it was not scenic with stalls but just parked cars, still the town sign is pretty. It shows the mere fed by the River Ore, the village pump, the post box (it is one of the oldest in the UK if you are thinking its a bit random), the castle and the 16th century church

Church of St Michael, Framlingham

which is famous for its organ, its ornate tombs and one of the rare wall paintings to survive the Reformations white paint but I did not take any of those pictures only its flowers and flint walls  

The town itself was en fête and festooned with flying flags of all nations for  the Olympics

Market Hill, Framlingham

 Yes I failed to take a picture of the historic postbox, or even see it, but here is a stand in. You can see I was taken with the flags but wished there were less cars and

more bicycles.

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