a In late summer, you are swimming in the South Sea of Single Street. It feels like the beach. Steep bronze pebbles Gravel slanted with gentle curved green water. Jellyfish float below the shiny surface and white sails drift on the horizon. There is a fascinating corner of Suffolk, decorated with sandwiches between the Deben River and the North Sea.
During World War II, a truly beautiful treaty was evacuated, and rumors continue to fall on the German invasion after unclassified files turn out to be a myth. Several houses are heading across the stone to the sea, where there are sea kale and pink blossoming pea shells and long bleached shells, first of which the letter sculptor Lida Kindersley and a friend put them there.
I spend the morning exploring Sutton Hoo one mile from Melton train station. Since moving to Essex nine years ago, I've been on a train to this coast many times, but the thrills of the inland suburbs, who are thrilled by the estuary that passed by the estuary, are still worn out. The National Trust has almost finished a £ 4m upgrade in Sutton Hoo (adult £ 13.50 / £ 6.75 children). Sparkling new exhibitions and glass wall visitor centers complement shaded roads and valleys. In the 1930s, a gazebo overlooking the mound of low-level carpets of the royal store itself, where a 27-meter-long ship filled with treasures was excavated, is under construction and should be opened soon.
Exploring this area, I cross the purple heather and reed's bank with dragonflies. Across the River Deben, you will see the Tide Mill, where Woodbridge and white weather touch.
Bawdsey Hall, where I am staying, is 8 miles away and I have pre-booked demand-sensitive public transport for just a fraction of the cost of the taxi (Sutton Hoo at 01728 635938, £ 3.70 in the connecting community). I used this minibus to get to the Deben Peninsula for a walk and a great pub (the Ramsholt Arms Riverside and Shottisham's pink thatched Sorrel horse).
I walk past Bawdsey's Flint Tower, sunshine through the graves, walk along the coast to Shingle Street for swimming and beach picnics. The sun is getting behind the Martello tower as I head back. This defensive fort is only part of the timeless military history of the region. World War II anti-tank obstacles stretch across swampy lagoon with plover and swallows that begin to return south and drastically shed their heads. The region's history and wildlife attract experts and acronyms. It is a Lepidoptera paradise with Heritage Coast, AONB, SSSI and hundreds of moth species. Returning to Bawdsey Hall, I fell asleep to the owl's call and woke up to find trees on a misty lawn full of bumpy gold coins and cooking pigeons.
Located slightly inland on Suffolk Coastal Road, Bawdsey Hall attracts hikers and cyclists. At breakfast, two fellow guests walked 20 miles from Ipswich via the Shotley Peninsula and two ferries. Inspired, he sampled blackberries and yellow bulls from a roadside mountain fence and ran about a mile south. On the way, past the Radar Museum in Bawdsey Manor, Robert Watson Watt pioneered the use of radio signals to find U-boats and planes (£ 7 / £ 1). To cross the Deben River to the fish stalls and smokehouses at Felixstowe Ferry, shake the remaining white paddle on the pier, then pay the gas station £ 3 (every September, October weekend, 01394 282173).
As you pass by more Martello towers, the weather warms up again and stops another swimming under the beach hut. After Felix Tow's Victorian waterfront garden was renovated a few years ago, he walked just five minutes off the waterfront to check out the town's first factory-based café. The greenhouse is comfortable and flourishing, and today's special meals (baked celery, salted cabbage and dill mustard, a vegan version of a six-pound Ruben sandwich) are very tasty.
Outside, I take the No 77 bus (£ 1.60) which is the last two miles away from the cafe at the southern end of the city to Landguard Fort (£ 5.50 / £ 2.50 with an audio tour, British Heritage free member). Wandering the maze of cool, dark tunnels and learning about how the Dutch invasion in 1667 and the soldiers saved gunpowder is a wonderful way to spend a warm afternoon.
There is a view to Harwich from one of the citadels. Shingle banks under the shade of the UK's largest container port could not be contrasted with the quiet and sandy Bauschki, which started this morning. Today's second ferry (£ 4.50, harwichharbourferry.com) cruises every hour from this beach to Harwich's old pier. You have 40 minutes to admire the lanes and lighthouse before you get on the train.
Several plaques in Harwich are associated with Mayflower, probably built here and its owner, Christopher Jones, lived on Kings Head Street. The 400th anniversary of the famous ship, celebrating the voyage that began in the summer of 1620, begins in November of this year (mayflower400uk.org).
Harwich Town's railway, called the Mayflower Line, runs alongside a swamp that glows orange in the evening sun. Through the roadside oaks and tall sweet nights, you can see a wide tour (last appearance of the sea) with swans, seagulls and sailboats near Essex for Wrabness with the green and gold walls of the Grayson Ferry.
• The accommodation offered by Bawdsey Hall is £ 95 B & B, bawdseyhall.com. Rail travel was provided by Greater Anglia. Train service in Melton from London Liverpool Street via Ipswich (One way £ 13) and Harwich (£ 11.50) or Felixstowe (£ 13)
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