After the excitement of yesterday, Bury St. Edmunds would have a hard job in comparison. But it was good fun – asking local people on behalf of My Suffolk what they love about our county made for some interesting responses.

I went with Lizzie and Aprille to the town centre, well, Waitrose, and in between receiving feedback with distaste for the local ‘Arch’ – a shopping centre that one woman described as ‘landing on the town’, we did manage to collect some positive responses. Here were some of the highlights.

People watching seemed to be a particularly popular activity between many of the interviewees: ‘Our daughter lives in Suffolk, so we love nothing better than to come down for a weekend of walking through the beautiful countryside. The front at Felixstowe is also lovely – perfect for a cup of tea and a spot of people watching.’

Some got pretty spiritual: ‘The deep and wonderful feeling, especially in North Suffolk – a kind of very ancient peace permeates everything & everyone. There is so much to do. Some say without knowing, “silly Suffolk” – I am completely at home here.’

And just plain incredible: ‘We’ve lived here for ninety years and we still love it.’

After we felt the people of Bury were probably fed up of us, we moved onto the maltings at Snape for a quick pester and then back to Southwold to collate our results.

Photo above is from the My Suffolk Flickr pool – a collection of images from Suffolk photographers.

Blog Post written by Jack Howson