Day One Arrive at Needham Market, explore the area and spend your first night in or near this small market town.

Day Two Cycle through pretty Suffolk lanes to Thornham Magna. Here you can see the original walled garden, currently being restored and visit the thatched pre-Conquest church at Thornham Parva. On across England's largest village green (stretching 2 miles) at Mellis, and over the Norfolk border to Bressingham, famous for its landscaped gardens and superb display of herbaceous plants and heathers. You can stroll through the gardens or see them from the narrow gauge steam railways, part of the fascinating railway and steam museum. Your night's stop is a comfortable old coaching inn at Scole, near Diss.
(Rec 31; Min 26; Max 38 miles.)

Day Three First stop is the wonderfully atmospheric museum housed in the former control tower of a WWII American airbase. Step further back in time when you discover the magnificent medieval great hall at Wingfield Old College, lingering, perhaps, for a drink at the excellent pub across the lane. Then on to the beautifully restored post mill at Saxtead Green before arriving at your night's stop in the quiet market town of Framlingham. Explore the 12th century castle by foot or take a short bike ride to one of the two vineyards in the area.
(Rec 31; Min 25; Max 33 miles)

Day FourToday you'll travel through Easton, home of what was, at one time, the longest 'crinkle-crankle' wall in the world. You can visit Easton Farm Park a model farm with a unique Victorian dairy, walk through the gardens surrounding the fine Elizabethan Helmingham Hall, perhaps stopping for a cream tea, then on back to Needham Market. A detour to Woodbridge with its Tide Mill and many excellent places to eat adds an extra feature to the tour.
(Rec 22; Min 22; Max 32 miles)