title A Chilly Trip to the Beach, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 2nd May 2021 intro It's a nice enough day so we head over to Southwold, with The Roph in tow. When the sun's out it's quite warm, however that doesn't happen very often and the cold north wind whips around and sucks out whatever warmth there is the rest of the time. Mrs. T's the fish and chip shop is open though, what with its "New Normal" outdoor seating construction, although the queues are broadly similar to pre-Covid times, so at least that hasn't changed. imgp7094 There's a discarded laptop on the beach imgp7095 Isobel and Soph the Roph help bury Fred imgp7099 Fred's just a head in the sand imgp7101 Fred the Head imgp7108 Isobel's up in the dunes imgp7111 Fred's still buried in the beach imgp7115 Nosher buries Harry imgp7118 Harry waves his bum at the sea imgp7120 Fred and Harry hurl stones at the sea imgp7125 Harry stares out to sea imgp7126 A pile of crates in the Fisherman's compound imgp7127 Massed lobster pots - old and new style imgp7129 Piles of netting imgp7131 Looking over the Blyth to Walberswick imgp7132 Voyager's black hut on Blackshore imgp7133 The ferry heads over the river to Walberswick imgp7134 Another pile of lobster pots imgp7135 There's a boat almost on the road imgp7136 A pile that looks like a building has collapsed imgp7137 It's heaving by the fish shops on Blackshore imgp7138 People mill around by the Sole Bay Fish Co. imgp7139 Isobel gets in the queue at Mrs T's imgp7140 We wait for fish and chips imgp7142 Another huge pile of junk imgp7143 Peeling paint on Charlotte Anne imgp7145 Lowestoft fishing boat LT422 imgp7146 A gull perches on a post imgp7147 Pontoons at Blackshore imgp7149 A derelict fishing boat imgp7150 Looking over the river to Walberswick imgp7151 The New Normal outside Mrs T's imgp7155 Gulls explode into the air over the huts imgp7158 Fish and chips all round imgp7160 We walk back up Blackshore towards the car park imgp7162 A view over the common to the Lighthouse imgp7164 A wood pigeon on lobster pots imgp7168 Walking back through the dunes imgp7175 Fred tries to get warm imgp7183 Harry stands on the dunes imgp7199 Harry hauls a load of sand around imgp7212 Fred dumps a pile of sand out of his teeshirt imgp7213 Soph the Roph finds it hilarious imgp7223 Rainclouds gather on the horizon imgp7227 Slow pork roasting juice and fat looks like a beer