Camping at Southwold

We headed down to the coast at Southwold for a few days at the beach over the half term with some of the kids friends from school and their families. The weather was bit rough but went anyway to see how bad it was.

Turned out to be pretty bad! Wind was howling in at 20+ knots and waves thundering onto the beach. The camp ground, which like many english campgrounds is a big open space was rather lacking in shelter and consisted of a series of islands in one vast puddle.

Kids had fun playing on the beach and going to the sweet shop in town. We wandered down to the pier and they ferreted aroung the arcade on the pier - a whole bunch of 'alternative' arcade games made by some local artisan. A lot of fun, then off to play on the cannons and have dinner of cod and chips at the Harbourside pub. Just about the best cod I have had in the UK.
Apart from the beach and beatiful old houses Southwold has an Adnams brewery. Looked at the real estate agents (what else do you do on a wet day) - one of those funny little beach huts along the sea front costs 70k+, 2 bed apartment 400k.
J is pretty wrecked today, M chafing at the bit and annoyed that her brother is so flaky. Big M still in Netherlands, must be heading to Paris soon.