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.

 

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.

 

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.).

 

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

 

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

94. The House in the Clouds, Thorpeness, Suffolk

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

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

 

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

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