Our base for this year’s Members’ weekend will be the 4* Belstead Brook Hotel on the outskirts of Ipswich. When it was built as a hunting lodge in Jacobean times it was not on the outskirts of Ipswich of course, but it retains a quiet and secluded atmosphere, the original building having been added to over the years to provide a range of high quality accommodation.
We are in the process of finalising our activities for the weekend but it is clear that to get the best out of what is available in the area we should choose to spend Saturday and Sunday nights in the hotel, though there is the option to add nights at either end or both ends enjoying the members’ rates agreed for Saturday and Sunday.
The programme will be finalised from the following elements;
Leiston Long Shop, East Anglia Transport Museum, Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Cold War Museum at USAF Bentwaters
Ipswich Transport Museum, Walking tour of Ipswich quayside, River trip on the Orwell to Felixstowe, Chappel & Wakes Colne railway