2012 Summer Cruise - day 8

Here we sit in Southwold. There are worse places to be stuck I reckon, its quite nice here!

Its a real old working little harbour clinging precariously to the muddy banks of the River Blyth. Compared to a modern marina the facilities are basic but what we need is here. Although, much as I hate to be critical, the visitor mooring charges are a bit steep running out at much the same as a much more salubrious establishment.

However, that minor grumble aside the atmosphere is great, the river side workshops, fishermens huts and fish sellers are fascinating and the pub is pretty good!

Sailors Reading Room

A mile or so along the coast road and one finds oneself in Southwold town, somewhere that strangely I've never been (my work took me to most places in England outside of the far South West but never here)
Even quite full of tourists (I'm NOT a tourist, I'm a visiting mariner right!) the place has a nice feel to it and certainly didn't have the seedy run down air of so many seaside towns these days

Anyway, our new prop is awaiting collection in the morning - the Bosun is driving down to collect it and then coming up for a weekend on board. Sadly, he won't be getting any sailing in (we could go out early on Sunday morning but once we're out of here we won't be coming back in!) but there's beer and a model railway exhibition so hopefully he'll enjoy it!

Dinner has been eaten so there's only one thing left to do ... pub!

The pub!