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88. Thorpeness was largely built as a pseudo-Tudor holiday village in the early 20th century.
This impressive "Elizabethan" courtyard entrance dominates the northern edge of the village.

 

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89. The Meare, with the boathouse on the far right

 

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90. Walking from the Elizabethan end of the village, with my back towards "The Meare" - the man-made boating and wildfowl lake, created at the same time as the rest of the holiday homes.

 

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91. I used a Mavica MVC-FD7, which has a 10x zoom - I took this shot from same spot as I took the two-part panorama above (89.).

 

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92. What so many kids do (whatever their age!) -
learning to love and respect animals in the wild by feeding them.

 

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93. The Canada Goose is not indigenous to Britain (surprised, eh?) and
in some parts is becoming a pest due their large numbers.

 

January 2000

Someone asked if "The House in the Clouds" is still there.
Yes, it certainly is, and so is the nearby windmill

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94. The House in the Clouds, Thorpeness, Suffolk

 

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95. Thorpeness mill - 19th Century working post mill with roundhouse. Visitor information.

 

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96. Thorpeness windmill with The House in the Clouds behind, Thorpeness, Suffolk.

 

 

April 2001 - views of Thropeness from the shingle beach

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97. View from the greensward towards the House in The Clouds - Sizewell nuclear power stations on the far right.

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98. View from the greensward towards the village, Thorpeness, Suffolk

 

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99. View from the shingle beach towards the village, Thorpeness, Suffolk


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