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Pin Mill: A bracing Mother’s Day walk in Suffolk

7th March 2016 by shoestringjane@outlook.com 3 Comments

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Pin MillWe had a lovely walk out yesterday by the coast. It was very cold in the wind but we wrapped up warm. The girls were making us dinner, so we left them to it and drove up to Pin Mill near Ipswich. It’s a lovely little place with a great pub – the Butt and Oyster – an array of bohemian looking houseboats and some lovely walk through National Trust land with some spectacular views of the River Orwell.

Pin MillWe took a flask and a picnic (frugal as usual) and had a good walk in the winter sunshine. The water was an amazing colour – a kind of glacial blue-green. We treated ourselves to a couple of drinks in the pub after. Well, it would have been rude not to!

Pin MillYou can’t help but dream when you see a cosy looking house boat with piles of logs stacked neatly outside, but I bet they are actually quite cold and damp potentially, and very exposed to the elements. They also command ridiculous prices that I guess only rich Londoners looking for a second home can afford – we found one that had sold for £345,000 last year!

On the other hand, this amazing hippy bus was advertised on Facebook recently for £6500 – hugely under-priced in my view and the seller went viral and was overwhelmed with the response she had. I hope she got a bit more for it. It is a work of art!hippy bus

One day I will get my camper van and the time to go wandering in it. I doubt it will be so pretty, but as long as it gets me from A to B and is comfortable I will be happy.

We came back to a gorgeous dinner cooked by the girls: roasted vegetables on a butterbean mash, paella and a huge fruit salad with chocolate mousse. Bang goes the diet! Everybody needs a day off and it was Mother’s Day.

Back to eating sensibly this week.

Anybody else dreaming of escape on a hippy bus or an idyll on a houseboat on the river?

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  1. Clairey says

    7th March 2016 at 10:07

    Hiya Jane, So glad you had a lovely Mother’s Day.
    Loved the look of the bus, personally I have that sort of dream whenever I see a caravan, I start planning my colour scheme and putting in place my running away plan !

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  2. e says

    7th March 2016 at 11:38

    What a lovely day for you! Don’t drive anymore so the bus would not work for me, but I hope you find just the right one for yourself when the time is right. Have a good week!

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  3. Linda Kay says

    7th March 2016 at 17:26

    What is there about wonderful food on the weekend that blows the diet every time? Lovely photos.

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