I am at a big family get together for an aunt’s 70th birthday. The clans have gathered in Stubbs House, just outside the village of Loddon, which is between Norwich and Beccles, close to the Norfolk Broads. Loddon is picturesque village with a splendid church (this latter, which includes a mini-museum of local history will be getting a whole post all to itself). The other way from Loddon is an alpaca farm which I may get to take a look at before the weekend is done (alpacas are related to llamas, and like the latter are sturdy and possessed of shaggy fur). I can also reveal courtesy of my visit to the village that the area is well served by buses, being on a major route between Norwich and the easternmost town left in the UK, Lowestoft in Suffolk (the Suffolk coast is massively subject to erosion, and one major casualty is Dunwich which once rated second only to London among UK commercial ports).
STUBBS HOUSE
Stubbs House is a colossal house (it clearly once used to be two separate houses, each of which would have been substantial). The Stubbs family must once have been very important round here – there is a fair amount named in their honour. It has a substantial garden as well. It is on the opposite side of the A146 from the village, and the centre of the village, with a splendid village sign which features a statue of the last Anglo-Saxon thegn of Loddon is about three-quarters of a mile distant, with the church a little further on. Here are some photos relating to the house itself…
LODDON VILLAGE
I have already covered the village in my introduction. Here are some photographs of the village, including one with the church in the background by way of a preview…
PHOTOGRAPHS
Between Thursday before and after work, walking to and from a WNAG committee meeting on Friday morning and walking into the town centre after Friday lunch to meet my parents for the journey to Loddon I also have some of my regular photos to finish proceedings…
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Looks a lovely place to stay
Yes.