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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 7d

Halesworth - how you've changed. What architecture!

A Chinese takeaway menu that has a picture of modern high rise towers and mountains - possibly not Halesworth

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 7d

Happy 259th anniversary of the Nottingham Cheese Riot to all those who celebrate...

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 7d

The season of mists, mellow fruitfulness - and squirty sheds. 66701 and 66756 cross Whitlingham Junction, Norwich, on the first leaf-blasting railhead treatment train (RHTT) of autumn 2025. @gerbil1978.bsky.social @pickgs.bsky.social @rangercaps66.bsky.social @thattallbloke.bsky.social

A train, with tankers sandwiched between two diesel locos, crosses a railway junction, squirting water onto the rails to remove fallen leaves and stop trains slipping.

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East Suffolk Lines @eastsuffolklines.co.uk · 8d

Join us on board for Half Term fun! Tue 28/10 we head from #Lowestoft to #Halesworth for the Scarecrow Festival & Pumpkin Trail. Rail tickets £5 Adults, £3 Kids. Includes entry for the trail draw. Return on any train! Book now!
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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 8d

Today's Suffolk sunrise, near Halesworth.

The sun rises above the trees between dark clouds and a fiery sky, streaked with jet trails.

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 9d

Fire and mist - a Suffolk dawn, near Halesworth this morning.

Fiery, sunlit clouds above the treeline.

Pockets of mist across the fields and trees, with pale sunrise clouds above.

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 10d

Urban wildlife of south east London

A Henry Hoover sans nozzle contemplating freedom on the streets of south east London

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 10d

St John's church, Glastonbury peering out of the mist. Photograph taken this morning from Glastonbury Tor on Michaelmas day.

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East Suffolk Lines @eastsuffolklines.co.uk · 10d

Vital track renewals and bridge repairs late October to mid December. Some level crossings will be closed during this time. Buses will replace trains #Ipswich - #Halesworth. Trains will operate Halesworth - #Lowestoft.

Details:

eastsuffolklines.co.uk/vital-track-...

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Railway 200 day. @railway200.bsky.social @eastsuffolklines.co.uk @pickgs.bsky.social

A collage of rail pictures taken this year. From top left and then anti-clockwise: a HST on Hayle viaduct; a class 37 on a test train under a dawn sky at Lowestoft; a black five steam engine ona railtour at Bramfield; a class 755 unit beside Railway 200 bunting at Halesworth; two class 66-hauled container trains pass at Syston; and a man descends a footbridge down to the platform at Leeds, with the station roof above, and Azuma train to the left and a class 150 to the right.

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 12d

An ominous restaurant sign in Southwold...

A paper sign at a bar which says: no refunds or replacements will be given if seagulls steal your food - be vigilant.

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 13d

This clown feels down, in Southwold.

A charity shop window display, with a perturbed looking ceramic clown and other items around it, including a ceramic dog and turtle.

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 14d

At the end of the day, in Southwold.

A blue sky of swirling clouds above Southwold lighthouse, houses and mast.

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 19d

For gourd's sake - help yourself! Vegetable disposal desperation in Suffolk.

Giant marrows on a chair with a sign saying FREE!

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 20d

A streaky Suffolk sunrise this morning, near Halesworth.

Fiery streaks of sunrise across the sky.

A streaky sunrise above a horizon of trees and, to the right, a water tower.

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 23d

We had a fascinating visit to #StoneyLittleton #LongBarrow today. Our @englishheritage.bsky.social guide was clearly passionate about the barrow, and shared with us a wealth of information about the people who built it and its discovery and restoration

The entrance to Stoney Littleton long barrow. A stone entrance flanked by what looks similar to dry stone walling, with a turf mound above, under a blue sky

Stoney Littleton long barrow from the side, showing its position on the gentle slope of a hill.

Inside Stoney Littleton long barrow. Gravel/earth floor, stones of varying sizes make up the walls, chambers and roof

The ammonite at the entrance to Stoney Littleton long barrow

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 24d

(Dog) box of delights at Ipswich today. @thattallbloke.bsky.social @suffolkraider.bsky.social @rangercaps66.bsky.social

A single coach class 153 diesel, now used as a track monitoring train, is parked at Ipswich station, framed by the platform in front and the canopy above.

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 26d

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.

It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

Photo of square orange tiles, set into the ground, across one of which several cats footprints are clearly visible.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 25d

The ‘Wirksworth Stone’ - a sculptured stone-slab from St. Mary’s Church at Wirksworth in Derbyshire. Comprising of biblical scenes and figures, the stone dates from the C7th to C9th and may have originally been used as a coffin lid. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #SundayStonework

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 25d

The clickety clack soundtrack of @eastsuffolklines.co.uk is being silenced, bit by bit, as the line is modernised. Here's @greateranglia.bsky.social 755409 thundering through a section of old jointed track at Bramfield, on the 8.05am Lowestoft to Ipswich today. @railway200.bsky.social #railway200

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Heather Lomas @heatherlomas.bsky.social · 26d

Learnt so much today from fascinating #HeritageOpenDays in Suffolk.
St Benet's, Beccles; St Andrews, Ilketshall with fab wall paintings and St Mary's Halesworth, I now know we buy our newspaper from the once medieval Guildhall. Thanks to all the volunteers.

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Suffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 26d

Spectacular double rainbow near Halesworth just now.

A double rainbow above fields and hedgerows.

The end of a rainbow, descending to a tree in a field.

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East Suffolk Lines @eastsuffolklines.co.uk · 27d

Join us Saturday 4/10 11am - 2pm as we visit #Felixstowe for the Edible Felixstowe 'Grow, Cook, Eat Festival.' Local food & drink, veg & seed swaps, lots of stalls, kids activities & more. Right next to Felixstowe station at Great Eastern Square. ediblefelixstowe.org
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East Suffolk Lines @eastsuffolklines.co.uk · 29d

Nine-day closure of the East Suffolk Line for Major Track Renewals.

Buses replace trains between Ipswich and Halesworth from Saturday 25 October to Sunday 2 November.

Trains will operate from Halesworth to Lowestoft.

More here:

eastsuffolklines.co.uk/nine-day-clo...

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 29d

SPOTTED! Record-breaking numbers of Glossy Ibises are arriving across the UK 🤩

Large flocks, some up to 90 strong, have been turning up from Cornwall to Scotland...

Though rare here, their numbers have been booming further south & our milder winters could mean more in future.

📹 Phil Saunders

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