Southwold
Today after breakfast and our Sunday cleaning, we took a day trip to Southwold, a seaside town about an hour away, further up the Suffolk coast. We'd been intending to visit it for some time. It's not quite so touristy as some better-known seaside destinations like Brighton and Lowestoft. I was particularly interested to see it as the Adnams brewery is there, as well as several Adnams pubs and inns. In fact, I'd tried earlier to get an overnight stay in one of the inns, but I'd waited too long as the weekends were all booked.
Southwold has had some high-profile visits recently. Gordon Brown was holidaying there last week. He was making an example of vacationing locally in times of high petrol prices. Prince Charles and Camilla visited Thursday to promote local businesses. Local papers had pictures of him having an East Green ale, Adnams' new "carbon-neutral" brew.
We parked in the visitor lot at the far north of the beach and worked our way south toward the pier and the town centre, passing beach huts. Some owners were visiting theirs, and they looked quite comfy: deck chairs, cookers, and cabinets were visible inside some. We've read that, in the nicest locations, a beach hut can be bought for £100K, enough to buy a one bedroom flat in most towns.
Walking to the end of the pier, I got this shot showing the town centre and the lighthouse.
I'd wanted to eat at one of the Adnams pubs, and Margo was getting hungry, so we found the Lord Nelson Inn and split two orders of fish and chips amongst us. I thought the fish was better than the usual pub version. I also had some Adnams Broadside ales, and they definitely tasted a bit better than they usually do in pubs. It was nice to see lots of Nelson-ania decorating the walls: portraits, news clippings, even a ship in a bottle.
It started raining while we ate. Today was one of those days with lots of clouds and very variable weather.
We got ice cream, and also found the Adnams brewery nearby.
Then we headed back towards the pier to give Sarah some time to play in the sand.
(Sarah is covering her face from the Papa-razzi photographer ...)
As expected, the water was cold. We got our feet wet and Sarah and I let the surf chase us.
Dark clouds blew closer though, and we timed our exit well, leaving town just as the rain hit. It continued to rain for most of our trip home.
Southwold has had some high-profile visits recently. Gordon Brown was holidaying there last week. He was making an example of vacationing locally in times of high petrol prices. Prince Charles and Camilla visited Thursday to promote local businesses. Local papers had pictures of him having an East Green ale, Adnams' new "carbon-neutral" brew.
We parked in the visitor lot at the far north of the beach and worked our way south toward the pier and the town centre, passing beach huts. Some owners were visiting theirs, and they looked quite comfy: deck chairs, cookers, and cabinets were visible inside some. We've read that, in the nicest locations, a beach hut can be bought for £100K, enough to buy a one bedroom flat in most towns.
Walking to the end of the pier, I got this shot showing the town centre and the lighthouse.
I'd wanted to eat at one of the Adnams pubs, and Margo was getting hungry, so we found the Lord Nelson Inn and split two orders of fish and chips amongst us. I thought the fish was better than the usual pub version. I also had some Adnams Broadside ales, and they definitely tasted a bit better than they usually do in pubs. It was nice to see lots of Nelson-ania decorating the walls: portraits, news clippings, even a ship in a bottle.
It started raining while we ate. Today was one of those days with lots of clouds and very variable weather.
We got ice cream, and also found the Adnams brewery nearby.
Then we headed back towards the pier to give Sarah some time to play in the sand.
(Sarah is covering her face from the Papa-razzi photographer ...)
As expected, the water was cold. We got our feet wet and Sarah and I let the surf chase us.
Dark clouds blew closer though, and we timed our exit well, leaving town just as the rain hit. It continued to rain for most of our trip home.
posted by Michael Nelson at 11:57 am
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