Did you know?

At the moment - The largest wind farm in the world is Alta Wind Energy Center, located in California and it is made up of 586 turbines.

- The largest sea wind farm is London Array, which is also the sixth largest of the wind farms worldwide. It is found in the outer Thames Estuary 20 km off the coast. With 175 turbines, it can cover the power demand for 2/3 of Kent´s population.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 05.12

Today's Peninsula sunset: 19.58

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Tide times:

• Low 3:15am(0.76m)

• High 9:36am(3.26m)

• Low 3:37pm(1.12m)

• High 9:53pm(3.17m)

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Today's weather:

Wet weather gear required during your daily exercise as their will be some light showers, and a bit of a breeze. top temperature of 12c dropping down to a low of just 7c.

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Orwell Bridge: Open

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Today's Post Office Openings:

Shotley: 09.00 – 12.00

Chelmondiston: 09.00 – 16.00

Holbrook: 10.00 – 16.00

Brantham (village hall): Closed

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Today's food shop openings:

Holbrook Co-op: 07.00 -19.00

Brantham Co-op: 07.00 – 19.00

Premier Stores Shotley: 08:00 - 19:00

Premier Stores Wherstead: 08.00 – 19.00

Hollingsworth's: 09.00 -17.00

Orwell Stores: 07.30 – 16.00

Suffolk Food Hall: 09.00 – 16.00 Click and collect available

Stutton Community Shop: Order and collect only 9am - 12.30pm: Orders delivered 2-5pm

Please don't stockpile, respect social distancing rules and treat shop staff with respect.

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Surgeries

Closed today - Call 111.

Next week's surgeries and dispensary times:

Holbrook

Phone access only 08:00 – 17:00 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 08:00 – 13:00 Thursday08:00 – 18:30 Friday for urgent queries

Repeat prescription medication can be collected from 08:00 – 11:00 Monday to Friday and 15:00 – 17:00 on Fridays. 

Additionally, those over 70 can collect from 14:00 – 15:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

Shotley

Phone access only 08:00 – 18:30 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 – 13:00 Friday for urgent queriesRepeat prescription medication can be collected from 08:00 – 11:00 Monday to Friday and 15:00 – 17:00 on Monday to Thursday. 

Additionally, those over 70 can collect from 14:00 – 15:00 on Monday to Thursday.

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Bus services:

Check here for Saturday timetable

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Peninsula Business Directory:

Add your business or community group to our Local List Directory

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Churchill quote of the day (every day until May 8):

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Send us your favourite, and if it has not been used we will add it: [email protected]

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Riddle of the day:

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? 

Answer will be revealed tomorrow.

Previous Riddle Answer:

What eight letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

The word is starting. starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I. 

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Listen to Marc's Almanac every weekday morning for five minutes of civilised calm from the English countryside.

Marc's Almanac Five Minutes of Suffolk Calm