Sutton Hoo

Our next trip away was north again on the Ipswich lime then on the Lowestoft Line to Sutton Hoo which,(from Old English 'haugh'), means high place or hill. The day was brilliant - blue skies and 20+ degrees. So it didn't really matter when we missed our station stop and overshot. We sat, absorbing the English warmth, all alone (we have NEVER been alone in a public place in England) on the platform with the ubiquitous Stationmaster's black cat. They really do exist. We caught the train back one stop. With some support from the guard (we're rooting for you!) we managed to get off where we intended, walked about 20 mins along quiet/busy country lanes to Sutton Hoo. A burial ground from the earliest Anglo Saxons in England where it is thought, the first King of the united tribes of Southern England (King Raedwald)is buried here. There are certainly some interesting hisorical archives which tell of the unearthing of Anglo Saxon ships which were buried along with important people such as kings,from the burial mounds which are dotted around the crest of Sutton Hoo.