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DAYDREAMING OF THE NEXT TRIP:

AN ENGLISH VILLAGE IN SUFFOLK WAITS, UNCHANGED

by James Lileks an old lighthouse, a pier and a long
stretch of colorful beach houses for
t’s a tiny village on the coast the London crowd.
that checks off every requisite You can drive to Southwold
I of the classic English hamlet— from Walbers, but better to take
minus the murders solved by a the ferry: a single rowboat oared
clever vicar or spinsterly knitting by a member of a family that’s
instructor. been going back and forth for
Eighteenth-century homes. generations. It’ll cost you a pound.
Garden walls whose concrete is The family dog sits in front as a
studded with ancient shells from the lookout.
beach. A ruined church. A grocery Walberswick is populated in
store with a big, red, circular part by refugees and retirees of
mailbox outside. A village green London’s artistic circles, so you’ll
where the summer fete is held, and find an extraordinary collection of
two pubs, the Anchor and the Bell. talent meandering off to the beach.
The ale is crisp and fresh, made That fellow with the small dog in
across the river in the larger seaside his bike basket? One of England’s
resort town of Southwold, home to best soundtrack composers, and a

boy-band sensation in the 1960s. real stargazing. You leave the pub A ghostly carriage is said to ride the
The amusing old lady at the Black at closing time, wander down the streets some night, hoofs clopping.
Dog deli buying bread? Famed dark road to your house, and if you I was due to go back in June,
actress and director. (And one of the have the inclination you may head but, well. You know. Perhaps at
Freuds, you know.) Keira Knightley toward the church, take the fork off summer’s end. Two months isn’t
has a place here. That fellow there at Palmer’s Lane, and just sit in the long to wait—and time moves at
the pub directed “Love, Actually.” field and marvel at the innumerable a different pace there. It’ll still be
And so on. stars above. 1690 at the church, 1960 at the
But that’s just a quirky thing. Just keep in mind that it’s pub, and 2020 in the chic shop with
Such talent is useful when you regarded as one of the most Wi-Fi. It’ll still be Walbers. n
want to put on a show at the haunted villages in Suffolk. George
Village Hall, but it’s not a place Orwell reportedly saw a wraith in ©2020 Star Tribune. Distributed by
for stargazing. It’s a place for, well, the church cemetery while visiting. Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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