beachy!

Had a lovely day out in the British seaside on Sunday (it was a Bank Holiday).

Kt and I met Li-Ann and Andrew, our chauffeurs for the day, at their house bright and early and we set off for Suffolk out through east London. We had a great view of the Olympics building site on the way out through Stratford - it's a huge site and we could see the skeletons of most of the buildings rising up. It's going to be very impressive when it's finished!

It took us a couple of hours to drive out through the pebble-dashed suburbs but soon we were in Essex and then Suffolk. Out first stop was the town of Aldeburgh which is right by the seaside. We drove through town and immediately headed for a restaurant for some lunch. There were a few takeaway fish and chip shops with huge queues outside but we found a lovely wee place in the lanes, 152 Aldeburgh and had identical, fab fish and chips with a lovely bottle of rose.

It stayed pretty sunny throughout, and so we had a wander along the beach afterwards and Li-Ann and I braved a paddle in the North Sea. There were a couple of people actually in the sea but we weren't brave enough even though it probably would be the same temperature in Caroline Bay! We had a look in some of the shops and then a delicious ice cream.

Our next stop was a bit further up the coast. Southwold is also a seaside town, but this time with loads of little beach huts and a proper pier. This beach was sandy and some sand castles had been constructed but were being demolished by the encroaching sea. The pier had been renovated quite recently and had some cute little design touches.

We finished off the day with a drink at the Lord Nelson pub which was a very cheery local.