1 year, 109 days since the start of the 1st lock down in March 2020
The weather was much better than yesterday so we decided to head towards Southwold as Colin wanted to show me the amber shop where he bought my lovely necklace a number of years ago. It took us quite some time to get there as for some reason there were a number of closures of small lanes across the country which made us keep diverting and changing direction - thank goodness for the recalculation on the SatNav as their diversion signs were not that frequent!
We finally arrived and found a good parking pace with parking just a few pints for 24 hours. We wandered through Southwold in the sunshine and found the amber shop although apparently it had changed a lot and was not as good as when Colin visited bacon in December a number of years ago.
We walked along with coast and up past the creek to a fish and chip shop right by the water. We had a short wait but when our food arrived we had massive portions and an extra gherkins for Colin as apparently we were so nice - I agree with that! It was delicious and even more so when washed down with a chilled bottle of ‘Ghost Ship’ beer produced by the Southwold brewery we had seen earlier - Adnams.
On our way back through the nature reserve we were lucky enough to spot a lizard which was exciting. We walked down the pier and this is where I took todays photo of Southwold beach and the colourful beach huts. We stopped at Dunwich on the way back which - according to the Rough Guide - is a mysterious beach where the houses have gradually subsided into the sea. In the event there was absolutely no sign of any subsided houses and the beach was quite normal!
