Sorry, I decided at the last minute that I wouldn’t take the lap-top to Norfolk with me when we popped down for a couple of days. It was a spur of the moment decision, and not necessarily one of my best planned. However, it was nice to have a few days off from the computer, even if it did leave a gap in my title sequence.
This wasn’t my choice of holiday, as I may have mentioned. I’m happy enough with a visit to Number one Son, but not particularly happy with the choice of week, which was sprung on me as an unwelcome surprise. Of course, while we were away the roofer turned up to start work. Typical.
Because it’s only a couple of weeks until the school summer holidays, a lot of people were trying to fit in a holiday before everything becomes too crowded. Of course, this just means it is crowded with people who don’t have kids. Car parking spaces were almost non-existent, camper vans were parked haphazardly (they seem to be becoming more popular) and tempers became frayed. Well, one temper definitely became frayed.
Barge on River Alde at Snape Maltings
Southwold was crowded, Snape Maltings was crammed and Holt looked like a scene from a zombie movie, if the zombies were all white-haired, accompanied by their wives and dressed in shorts and sandals.I have nothing against elderly men, in fact some of my most loyal readers may fit that description, come to think of it, so do I. The difference is that I don’t expose my shiny ivory legs to public gaze whilst wandering into the road and pointing out the joys of Georgian architecture to my long-suffering wife.
We had Monday’s lunch in the car park at Dunwich, which was not crowded. It seldom is. On Tuesday we also found a quiet spot, accompanied by a few cars a rusty bulldozer and some toilets, one of which has its own postcode.
We will be going back again during the summer but will do it as a daytrip. Then we will probably visit again in September after the kids are back at school. Not the first week they go back, as experience shows that can be busy – we will wait for a couple of weeks.I’m hoping it will be quiet and the weather will still be good.
It’s late and I’m not sure where I put my camera, so will post photos tomorrow, The photos with the post will be old photos from previous visits. They are probably better than the ones I took on this trip.
On Dunwich beach
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Come to Langholm. It is a beautiful spot and we have depressingly few tourists. No beach though and there are old men in shorts.
Lack of beach isn’t a problem and old men in shorts are one of these things you just have to get used to. 🙂 We had falafel and edamame bean sandwiches in Suffolk. I’m hoping this sort of foolishness is not rife in Langholm.
Many people here in our region wear shorts even in winter. We see it more in towns down in the valley floor than up here in the foothills. 🙂
I’ve never been fond of shorts, even as a child. Not sure why.
Your pictures are wonderful. I love the colored houses all in a row. I’m sorry – I have to ask – why does a toilet have its own postcode?
I’m not entirely sure. It may be a way for people to find it using sat nav. Our post codes are quite specific and you can actually address a letter using just the house number and postcode. A postcode averages about 15 addresses. We have 31 people in ours (84 people). Fascinating what you can find. I then made the mistake of looking up ZIP codes . . . 🙂
The Maine coast has the same problem in the summer. However, our kids are on school vacation from June through the end of August. So there really is no let-up. We tend to avoid the coast in the summer. That red boat certainly pops the picture.
I like May and September. When I retire I will visit plces like museums and garden centres in summer nd leave the beach to other people. 🙂
A sound choice.
I really must cut down on eating if I’m going to live long enough to spend my pension. 🙂
Easier said than done. I know this from long experience. However, because my husband and daughter are on low-carb diets due diabetes, it has been easier for me to stay on course. I eat what they eat, and I don’t see that changing. Ever. And I’m losing weight. You know what they say about an ill wind…
We went low carb and I felt better for it, and lost weight. Then I stopped paying attention and drifted back to my old ways . . .
All too easy to do. We have one cheat day a week, and that helps keep us on track for the other six days.
We are currently cheating seven days a week, which may be why I’m not losing a lot. 🙂
Yes, loved the red boat!
It’s been there for years. I’m not sure what it actually does as it always seems to be there when there re tourists about. 🙂
The Dunwich beach picture is nicely composed
Thank you Derrick. Julia took one of the same boat. It seems brighter so has probably been repainted since I took this shot. I wonder how many people have taken this shot. Answer – quite a lot, I just Googled “Red Boat Dunwich” and produced a couple of pages of links.
🙂
The trouble with holidays and nice beaches is that there are often too many other people there.
It is true, but you can cut some of the crowding by choice of date and area (the east coast can be a bit nippy and is not for everyone). 😉