Suffolk Travel Guide. Published The Mail
Suffolk by the Slow Lane A Road Trip with Two Senior Dogs From wild coastline to crooked timber towns, this low-key county offers laid-back luxury, lashings of history, and a warm welcome for well-travelled dogs. There’s a quiet confidence to Suffolk as it gently coaxes you to slow down, breathe in the salt air, and look around. For a few days this summer, that’s exactly what I did. I hired a car, packing the boot with dog food and dog bowls, and set off with my two elderly dogs to explore the county’s coast and countryside. Suffolk is ideal for this kind of travel: unhurried, unpretentious, and deeply dog-friendly. We stopped in historic towns, wandered across windblown beaches, and checked into a string of hotels and country house boltholes that extended their warm welcome to four-legged guests. Orford & The Crown and Castle Orford is a tiny village set against the vast and shifting landscapes of the Suffolk coast. Dominated by Henry II’s 12th-century ke...
