Time to Face The Music

RelievedSheff

alt80 said:

I always love your photos, always seem to capture the spirit of where you're visiting. Hope the bad weather didn't last for two long, wasn't great here for part of the day. Think the rest of the week is looking a little better. 

We were settling in the van for the night while the weather did its worst yesterday. Had some impressive storms blow over.



Forecast is much the same for today so we will see what we want to see this morning and settle in for another evening on the van tonight.

Going for a walk on the beach after a coffee then back to the van for breakfast. Egg and soldiers this morning. We have a selection of fish from the fish shack for dinner later. Doesn't get much more sustainable than straight off the boat, carried across the road to the stall to be smoked and sold 😀

RelievedSheff

It was a morning walk on the beach with the dog.

Before walking into town to do a bit of shopping. 

Then with the shopping decanted back on the van we had a walk along the harbour and to Walberswick. 

The Bell Inn beckoned for a quick couple of pints and then the short ferry ride back to Southwold Quay and the campsite.

Now back on the van watching the storms roll in again. Weather forecast is terrible for this afternoon and overnight but should clear up again in the morning. 

Tonight we have some smoked fish from the shack on the harbour front for dinner. Vans going to stink 🤣🤣🤣

milann

Looks brilliant- enjoy the stinky fish 👍

RelievedSheff

The stinky fish last night was lovely. 



What wasn't so lovely was the weather. Really heavy rain and strong winds from around 9pm all the way through to 6am this morning. 

Felt really sorry for the tent campers last night. It was bad enough in the van!

Oh well today is another day. And the rain has stopped. Its a bit chilly though, had to stick the heating on to warm the van through for the first time this trip.

Today we are going to walk the dog on the beach again this morning before a full English for breakfast. Later we are going to walk into town and onto the pier if its open today.

It's our last day here today. Despite the weather it has been brilliant as always. Not sure when we will next get back again.

RelievedSheff

The other half has just come back from walking the dog. Sadly it looks like several pitches and their occupants were flooded last night.☹️

RelievedSheff

What a night that turned out to be. We had heavy rain and strong winds from 8pm until about 6am this morning. Sadly several pitches and their occupants were under water this morning. 

Our pitch is on a bit of a mound which kept us dry.

This morning we had a wander into town and a walk on the pier.

Did a spot of shopping and then back to the Harbour Inn for a couple of drinks. The weather dictated it was 3 drinks instead of 2.

Hope tonight's surf and turf is worth it. Had we not stopped at the shack for prawns we would have probably made it back dry. As it happens we got soaked. 

It is our last night here tonight. We move on tomorrow. A slight change of plans for tomorrow as the site we should be on is under water. So it is another night in Suffolk unexpectedly. Different town though.

Despite the weather we have really enjoyed our few days in Southwold but we are looking forward to being on the road again.

alt80

How was the surf and turf?
It's good to read you're enjoying yourself despite the weather. !!!!!! dreadful for the tent campers though.

RelievedSheff

alt80 said:

How was the surf and turf?
It's good to read you're enjoying yourself despite the weather. !!!!!! dreadful for the tent campers though.

The surf and turf was worth getting soaked for 🤣🤣🤣

RelievedSheff

Today we are moving on and heading to Aldeburgh a little further down the coast. 

The weather forecast looks a lot better so we are hoping to get some time on the beach today for the dog.

Breakfast this morning is a bacon sandwich.  No idea what dinner later will be yet. We will pick something up while we are out and about. 

We need to deal with the tanks before we leave here. This is the last big site we are on so we are not sure what facilities the smaller ones will have. Better to get sorted while we can!

RelievedSheff

Another night in Suffolk tonight. We have found a nice spot in Aldeburgh for the night.

The weather is loads better today. Fish and chips weather sat on the beach better.

There has been plenty of walking involved again. The dog is shattered and fast asleep while we are grabbing a half hour chill out on the van.

Back to Norfolk tomorrow.