"Where shall we go to today?", asked the missus, painting completed, expecting rain today. Well the rain, such a it was, seemed to have been and gone. "How about Framlingham?", I replied. Another place we had been past a few times but not stopped to visit. "It's ages since we went to a castle." And someone in the family is mad about knights.From Bury St Edmunds, we went east along the A14, north up the A140 and then east onto the A1120 tourist route, turing right at Saxstead Green, just by the windmill. We followed signs to the castle and parked in the castle car park.
Framlingham Castle was built over 700 years ago and is still quite an impressive sight, with its complete curtain wall and 13 towers.
We bought a family ticket for £11.30 and did the tour, each with our own audio guide.This includes a circuit of the walls. Hold onto your hat if it is windy.
The building inside the walls was a poorhouse for many years. At the end of the walk, Little W found a book to read.
"No. You can't take it home".We did the ditch walk round the outside of the castle. It gives you a good idea how hard it would be to attack the castle. Then, after lunching at the Castle Inn, just by the car park, we went for a walk about the town.
Queen's Head Alley goes through a half-timbered house just off Market Hill. Quite picturesque.Well worth the visit.
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Lovely to see the family. Your oldest is certainly blossoming into a little lady now. Hopefully she's not as bossy and dramatic as our only daughter. Hannah has signed up for the drama team at Church - very appropriate since we call her the 'drama queen'.
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