The Compasses at Pattiswick

Being a milestone birthday today, we decided to head off to The Compasses at Pattiswick, which is off the A120 to the west of Colchester – about 10 minutes from the A12 at Marks Tey.

The Bell Inn, Castle Hedingham and The Globe, Clare.

We did a quick tour by car of the Essex/Suffolk borders, to do some initial planning for a guided tour for a coach tour of visitors from Yorkshire for later in the year.

Having had an absolutely horrible January and February, the 1st March 2010 was a gloriously sunny day – although still quite chilly. We’d [...]