TUESDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2014 Week 9
Church Farm, Aldeburgh, was a ghost site already, but the town was a lovely quaint place with a fantastic tea room that we sheltered in when it poured down. I loved it so much I’m considering opening something similar when we finish our travels. The centre had an Elizabethan council building, which housed the town’s museum, too. Say the word 'museum' and I’m there. The place played an important part in Britain’s defence against the Spanish Armada in Tudor times, and they had on display ‘then and now’ photos of the town and I have to say, apart from the cars, there seemed to be no difference.
The harbour had flooded that morning, and although the water had receded, it had left all the old black wooden fish huts, café, and the only pub with Wi-Fi closed and cleaning up the mess. Then we headed into town to find a pub with Wi-Fi so we could attend our internet Lions Club meeting. We found The Lord Nelson, and it was a cosy traditional seaside pub, complete with logs crackling on the fire.
What a difference a day makes… When I first arrived, I thought we had travelled back in time and were staying at the end of the Earth. The places seemed so wet and bleak, but the following morning, we walked along dunes and soft golden sandy beaches complete with beach huts and a lovely little pier. My attitude toward the place completely changed, and I fell in love with it. So much so we’ve decided to return to the last three sites
next year when we finish travelling, but it is still part of the tourist season.
We then moved on to Kessingland near Lowestoft and got stuck in mud! Luckily, we were on our new campsite, and they had a tractor to pull us out; my heart was in my mouth for a while, though, and besides, who puts a 4.5-tonne motorhome on boggy clay soil! They knew what the state of the touring field was in, and they even had a dry, hard pitch further up the hill that we could’ve used in the first place.
Anyhoo, after that little hiccup, we went to Africa Alive, a zoo for African animals… So why oh why did I state there were no penguins???##**!! Derr! We watched the lions, cheetahs and giraffes get fed up close, which was fascinating, and we saw a little meerkat manor up close… they were well cute!
We then met up with friends in Lowestoft and had a
great day with their family, we went swimming and then to a Halloween party. It
was a very spontaneous costume, thanks to Asda’s Halloween section and some
clever artist talent in the makeup department, I became the mad old witch and
Del, Evil Skeletor!!! It was a great night, although I wasn’t impressed with
the dance troupe’s rendition of
Michael Jackson’s Thriller…
No passion or soul in the routine at all, AND, AND
they used a cover version of the original song… Outrageous! I grew up in the
eighties and spent many a wasteful hour in front of the TV playing his Thriller
video over and over again, learning the dance routine with my cousin. Hey ho.
On to Great Yarmouth!
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