The sun offers a warm and welcoming invitation to the day, if you are not in the crisp breeze; the 60° temps can go to 70+ easily in the sun.

We started the morning with a two mile uphill, that you only realize by the scream in the legs and not the look of the road; then we dropped into a beautiful park.  Stopping after a four mile circle, we decided we were lost, evvn though we’d been here before.  Thankfully a young man offered directions  and a recommendation for a straight route to the next town.  It would not have been our desired choice of road, but it had been a half an hour since we’d left our hotel and we had not made any progress.  Though the road was busier than our route 1, we were still able to see pretty sitesand swans (just for Bobby T).

About mid-day we stopped for coffee in the port town of Ipswich; the skies quickly greyed, temperatures dropped into the 50’s and the wind picked up; we had showers and sprinkles that lasted for about an hour.The sky then cleared to a Chamber of Commerce picture perfect day.  The small villages and countryside were spectacular, which we were thankful for, since the day once again proved to be long; thankfully a far cry better and a bit shorter than yesterday. We stopped in the darling small village of Woodbridge, still trying to figure out which way our course wanted us to go; marking our second circle for the day; not all bad considering all we get to see.Sooner or later we will get the hang of this bike touring in England.

Churches were everywhere; this one was the perfect place for the Duckies to rest and restore some energy.  Enjoyable as the ride has been today,  down narrow country roads, we were ready to be there; thankfully we had reserved a room, so we knew there was a light at the end of the tunnel.  We had no idea, however, how fabulous this little town. the century old church and hotel would be….…a claw foot tub…… a wonderful luxury after checking in at 5:00.But the evening would not be complete with dinner, starting with Brie and Broccoli soup,  in a comfortable local pub.

We’d been on the bike for over five hours, so with bellies full, we headed for bed.