Run-DMDC

Danebury Metal Detecting Club; a.k.a. the DMDC. If you're a fan of the cult TV series Detectorists you'll know what I'm referring to. But if you've yet to fall under the spell of this delightful BBC comedy show starring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones then why not break your duck and watch it on the iPlayer? Each episode lasts just 30 minutes and they only made three series. Go on, what have you go to lose?

Anyway, the reason I mention this fictional ragtag group of wannabe archaeologists is quite simple: I was in Danebury this week just gone. Or Framlingham, to be precise. Much of the filming was shot in the small but perfectly formed Suffolk town so I couldn't resist slipping anchor from our base in Southwold for a quick peek at some of the locations. (Yes, this programme really has got under my skin since it was first broadcast in 2014.) However, imagine my horror when I learned that they'd knocked down the Scout Hut/Community Hall where the DMDC used to meet up; though to be fair, they have built a shiny new one in its place.

However Lance's flat round the corner was still there, though no sign of his beloved yellow 1977 TR7. A quick shuftie on the web and I can see the one bedroom flat on Double Stret recently sold for £200,000; the car a mere £3,500. Bargain.

I took a few more snaps around the town (and also in Southwold) but this site was never meant to be a 'look at my holiday pics' kinda place. I may, though, post a  couple on BlueSky or even Instagram (I met The Swede on Saturday afternoon and he pleaded with me to activate my Insta account after having opened it some ten years ago and then proceeded to post precisely nothing.)