Suffolk

January 2014:

There is nowhere more typically English than the county of Suffolk. Great to be here and have time with a long standing friend and his charming wife.

12:00 GMT at Harwich. 1 hour to Melton. 6 hours to get beered up and talk crap with Ali. Unfair, our conversation ranges but he is a great wall to bounce ideas off. He has worked with me conversationally with my Swedish adventure. He has some good Ideas, and the pubs of Woodbridge are perfect for the work. The home cooking including full cooked English breakfasts are not half bad either. Thanks Ali you pulled a blinder.

Sunday afternoon drive to Warwickshire ignoring the exhaust system warning light. Darwin is booked in for Monday diagnostics. England is flooded. Seriously. The wettest winter for 100 hundred years. One flooded field has goal posts at each end. That'll be a football pitch then!

Cats to feed and a house to sit. Home for a month. Looking forward to seeing Allan and Sue fresh from their cruise, but that is 2 weeks away.

Switch the computer of and switch it on again. The warning light has gone. Apollo say to bring the car back when the warning light comes back. No problem, I'm here for a month.