Southwold October 2017

As part of one of our regular visits to Norfolk we took a ride south down the coast to Southwold in Suffolk. I'd never been there before and as our time was limited we limited our visit to the pier and coast, we'll have to visit the town another time.

I was impressed with the pier which in some ways was a typical UK seaside pier but it had a number of unique features. For example there was a selection of bizarre homemade amusements.  On one you were dared to put your hand into a cage with a model dog that dripped saliva over your hand an lunged towards you. The idea was to prove your bravery  by keeping your hand in place for as long as possible. In another a model doctor offered you a stethoscope and when you placed it on you chest wrote you out a 'prescription'. Then there was climbing a moving ladder as fast as you could. As I said, totally unique and bizarre.

Next to the pier there was a row of gaily painted beach huts, straight from a picture postcard of a traditional UK seaside.

Bearing in mind this was October the sea itself was less than inviting and was beginning to show its power, flinging shingle up over the sea defences and among the beach huts.

We will no doubt get to Southwold again and have a better look round as this was just a taster. This part of the blog is also an experiment as I'm sending from my tablet. In the past I've used a desktop PC but if I can use the tablet it will be much more convenient as I'll be able to prepare the items whilst we are actually on a trip.