Ickworth Park
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Pottering about
Today started with a visit to Bannatyne Health Club for a swim. Or, at least, a self-directed aquatherapy session. They keep a very nice 25m pool, which looks out onto a stand of woods. Even in glorious Arcadia, I sometimes need to do the laundry. Mr Arcadia installed some hanging basket hooks for Jo, our kind host. We both did some work. Thus the glamorous life of a digital nomad. Jobs done, in the afternoon we went to Ickworth. Scones on the terrace is very civilised. I can recommend blackcurrant jam on a fruit scone with clotted cream. The cheese scones were good too. The barista made a very good…
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A Concert at St Mary’s
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Frogs and Bees
These photos are by Josephine Sweetman. The frogs are emerging from the canal at Ickworth Park. Jo took the photos on Saturday. This is a bumble bee at the entrance to an underground nest. I would never have noticed but for Jo’s sharp eyes. A dozen entered and left the hole while we watched, entranced. The finger tip is included in the photo to give scale.
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A Concert at St Mary’s
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A Concert at St Mary’s
This afternoon I attended a concert at St Mary’s church, Ickworth. Hexacordia early music ensemble were performing Music for a Golden Queen. The music was wonderful, interspersed with an outline of Queen Elizabeth I’s life that drew on poetry and letters of the time Hexacordia had a range of gorgeous Renaissance instruments and a lovely soloist. Listening to the concert while sitting in a medieval church and watching the light fall onto the mellow old stone and woodwork definitely added a frisson to the experience. And best of all I thought to take an inflatable cushion, so I was able to focus on the music and the ambience without being…
