A trip to Suffolk for the Woodbridge Ambient Music Festival and a celebration of the beautiful River Deben.
A series of coincides alerted me to the Woodbridge Ambient Music Festival taking place from 22nd – 24th September, just at a time when I needed an escape from the city. So I hopped on the train on the Saturday morning and headed up to Suffolk, Sebald in my bag and looking forward to drawing on the magic of the River Deben.
![River Deben at Woodbridge](https://i0.wp.com/thelostbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Woodbridge_final.00_17_07_10.Still004.jpeg?resize=740%2C416&ssl=1)
![River Deben at Woodbridge](https://i0.wp.com/thelostbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/P9230555.MOV.23_20_54_05.Still002.jpeg?resize=740%2C416&ssl=1)
![Woodbridge Ambient Music Festival post 2023](https://i0.wp.com/thelostbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_0606.jpeg?resize=740%2C986&ssl=1)
![Tom Rogerson at the Methodist Hall, Woodbridge](https://i0.wp.com/thelostbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_0619.jpeg?resize=740%2C986&ssl=1)
The video includes interviews with local people about the history and importance of the Deben, its links to the nearby Sutton Hoo ship burial. Also a walk along the Deben and through this historic town of Woodbridge with its many old timber-framed buildings.
The Woodbridge Ambient Music Festival included performances from Tom Rogerson and friends – Jay Chakravorty & Elegy for Good Dogs live in the Octagon Room at the Methodist Church, ‘Beneath the Surface’ – live outside the Longshed with Clara Charlesworth (flute) and Michelle Brace (visuals), VonTrapMix; Helder Rock; Yggdrasil Music; Mbira Mike; Of the Night Sky. Organised by Jan Pulsford.
This will now be an annual fixture in my calendar.
![Of the Night Sky at the Long Shed, Woodbridge](https://i0.wp.com/thelostbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_0633.jpeg?resize=740%2C986&ssl=1)
‘From Woodbridge to Orford down to the sea, is a good four hour walk’ – W.G Sebald, The Rings of Saturn p.222 – read in the Kings Head, Woodbridge with a pint of Ghost Ship. Note for a future walk maybe.
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A visit to Orford Ness
Rendlesham Forest UFO Trail
Along the River Deben to Sutton Hoo