Day 1:
Arrive at Needham Market, explore the area and spend your first night in this small market town. Day 2:
An excellent day's ride through Debenham, a pretty village with its overhanging houses and antique shops, Saxtead Green's beautifully restored 18th century post mill and into Framlingham. Here you stay the night with time to visit the massive castle in this lovely old market town. (Rec 26: Min 25: Max 41 miles.) Day 3:
Visit the vineyards of Shawsgate and Bruisyard before reaching the coast at Dunwich, the onetime capital of East Anglia, now largely lost under the sea. You'll cycle across the heather clad Dunwich Heath, through the RSPB reserve at Minsmere to Aldeburgh for the night. (Rec 28: Min 15: Max 33 miles.) Day 4:
A day to rest in Aldeburgh, a charming old fashioned seaside resort. Here fisherman haul up their boats onto the beach and there are some highly recommended restaurants to taste the local fare. Day 5:
Going inland to find river crossings, you visit the Maltings at Snape, home of the Aldeburgh Festival, climb to the top of dramatic Orford Castle, reach the tip of Orford Ness at quiet and beautiful Shingle Street, visit Sutton Hoo the site of the Anglo-Saxon treasure ship burial and cycle down into the market town of Woodbridge for the night. (Rec 37: Min 16: Max 43 miles.) Day 6:
Winding through Suffolk lanes you'll pass through the villages of Little Bealings, Tuddenham, Claydon to name a few - each with its own character, church and village inn. You'll explore Kersey with its quaint houses and water-splash before reaching your night's stop in Hadleigh an attractive market town with fine old buildings and quiet riverside walks. (Rec 24: Min 24: Max 34 miles.) Day 7:
From Hadleigh you head into the heart of 'Constable Country'. Explore East Bergholt his birthplace, Flatford Mill where a guided tour visits seven scenes painted by Constable including `The Haywain' and Stoke by Nayland whose church tower, visible from miles around, featured in many of his paintings. You may wish to visit the antique shops at Long Melford before finishing the day in Lavenham. (Rec 28: Min 11: Max 33 miles.) Day 8:
Spend the morning exploring Lavenham, before a gentle ride back to Needham Market, again through pretty villages, with options to visit Gifford's Hall vineyard and the Museum of East Anglian Life at Stowmarket. (Rec 23: Min 16: Max 40 miles.) | 
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