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14th December 2025 Hiking - Walking: Helminghall Hall deer park Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Chilly and breezy Max Speed: Distance Covered: Sunday 14th December – Windsurf *** River Orwell at Levinngton – sunny. Foil – 19.54 knot max, 17.88 knot ave., 9.70 knot hour, 16.15 knot mile, 31.21 km., 13.63 knot alpha. Starboard Freeride 150 (LW) and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Tushingham Bolt 6.5m. Levington windsurf. I wanted to make the most of the moderate SW breeze and sunshine, with my hands not great I am off open sea sailing until things warm up so I headed over to Levington despite the tide not being great, an early high and dropping. I arrived at the Marina before ten and the pipe had been removed so I could back right up to the launch spot meaning no gear carrying today! The wind looked marginal but I decided to set-up my lightweight board and rigged my 6.5 and launched by the marina entrance and it took 10 tacks to make deep water. It was a slow start the breeze did fill in and I had some nice long runs from the corner down towards Pin Mill, nice to be out in the sunshine, just me and the odd yacht. The wind eased so I called it a day and headed in sailing straight back up the channel with the tide now really low! My front nearside tyre was pretty flat when I set off but lucky for me it had not gone down anymore so I could get home with no problems! Helmingham Hall lightshow walk:) Our son Daniel had treated us to tickets to see the lights at the lovely Helmingham hall so I got home from my windsurf in plenty of time as we were being picked up around 4 with Maeva pleased to see us. We arrived at the hall just before 5 and the parkland looked great with the odd tree lite up, with an old fashion carousel with brilliant up and down horses which really got you in the mood for a great night! You start the guided trail near the small pond and are treated to some amazing coloured trees, I had taken my tripod hoping for some decent shoots, the breeze did nit help as it caused movement in the trees and ribbles in the moat, it was chilly too, I should have taken my coat as a fleece was not enough! We got a great view of the large mansion covered in red hearts seen through an arch of hearts! It is a bit of a pain setting up the tripod for night pics but I did get some nice photos, getting pics of people is changing sometimes and a top mobile makes things easy and Jay got some great pics! They have opened up the centre courtyard of the house eccessed across a drawbridge to find a huge Christmas tree, a glass of mulled wine was included in the entry which we enjoyed with a bag of yummy candied almonds which we enjoyed after taking a group pic on a special seat which came out really well! The walk continued with many many different lights including smoke filled bubbles, Maeva loved her heart shape light that Grany bought and it framed her face perfectly! The long light arch was just brilliant which lead to the seated area under canvas where the food venders were set-up. We treated everyone to tea, we had a huge hot dog with cheesy chips while Dan and Jay had a large box of Burrito with plain chips for Maeva:) After a round of drinks which included hot chocote as by this point we were frozen! We were near the end now and reached the stables via an avenue of trees changing colour to the sound of music. We spent ages in the shop with several outlets selling crafty stuff! Maeva then had ago on the round about which she loved and I managed to get some cracking pics despite it going round really fast! So that was the end of a fantastic night as we got in the car to warm up, we spotted 3 tractors covered in Christmas lights, coming from a procession in Woodbridge with 170 tractors taking part! Photos Album here Helmingham Hall illuminated gardens |
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