The boys meet up in the Red Lion on South Green
The Danger of Trees: A Camping (Mis)adventure - Southwold, Suffolk - 3rd August 2015
It was going quite well until Fred fell out of a tree in the beer garden of the Walberswick Bell and broke his arm, requiring a trip in an ambulance down to Ipswich A&E. Before then, on leg 2 of a week's camping on the coast, there was time for plenty of crabbing down at Blackshore Harbour followed by a late-evening trip to the nearby beach. Then, there's a trip to Mrs. T's fish and chip shop and a meet-up with Caroline and John from Cambridge who happen to be holidaying near Southwold during the same week. After that, it's more crabbing at the harbour, lunch at the Sole Bay Fish Company, and Fred and Harry get a go on "Top Trailer" - an enterprising gang of kids who are hiring out trips round the campsite on their bicycle trailer for only 10p a go. Bargain. And then, it's a date with destiny as we cycle over the bridge for a beer at the Walberswick Bell.
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Harry looks around
Fred and Harry roam around the camp site
Crabbing on the rocks
Over the river to Walberswick
A herring gull lurks on the wheelie bins
The herring hull takes flight from the bins
Fish for sale
A dancing crab in a fish tank
Isobel gets a prawn and mussel snack
Fishermen's huts on Blackshore
The River Blyth
More fishermen's huts
Fred cycles down some steps
Back at the campsite
We head off to the beach
The dunes of Southwold Harbour beach
An evening walk on the beach
Southwold lighthouse and pier
Isobel and a gang of people on the beach
Harry and Fred in their pyjamas
Fred in the sea
Harry is all stripey teeshirt and shades
Isobel and Fred return from a trip to the sea
Harry with a stone
Lighthouse and pier by day
A much-needed windbreak
Our beach encampment
Behind the dunes
A crazy lady chucks chip scraps to the seagulls
The queue outside Mrs. T's fish 'n' chip shop
The boys by the river
Fred gets tangled in a cycle helmet
The road across the common, and the water tower
A touristey horse-and-cart rides around
The boys get ready to play in the sea
Lucas takes Harry in hand
Just as well everyone's got swimming togs on
Harry and Fred are just heads in the sand
Everyone says their goodbyes
Isobel scoops Harry up
Stripey beach hut
Back at the campsite
Harry and Fred on 'Top Trailer'
Fred and Harry get back form their ride
Fred after his ride
Fred gives the whole thing a 'thumbs up'
There's loads of crabbing down at the harbour
Old wooden pile
Harry and Fred inspect for crabs
Fred helps out with a net
The net goes in
Fred hauls in his first crab
The crabs are let go, and scuttle into the river
An actual jellyfish floats around
Harry and Isobel wander off to explore
Fred's new Crab Gang hang on the wall
Inside Sole Bay Fish Company's restaurant
Harry slurps on an orange juice
We order a modest seafood platter for two
Harry says 'hurrah'
More fish
Harry comes out of the secret toilet
Cows on Southwold Common
A nice old Mercedes convertible
An bath with a load of thin rope, like worms
More tangled rope and fishing net
Harry doesn't look too keen on the ferry
On the ferry pontoon
The ferry ticket office
Time for ice cream
Crabbing off a flooded pontoon
There's a nice old MG convertible in the car park
Spot the dog, as it tries to escape from the ferry
Fred on the ferry
The campsiter facilities - 'Some like it hut'
Isobel does the hair monster thing
Fred's up a tree
Harry looks up at Fred
Fred finds a new way to get down from the tree
Fred ends up in an Ambulance
The ambulance outside the Bell
The crew stick on the blue lights for Harry
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The boys meet up in the Red Lion on South Green
The boys meet up in the Red Lion on South Green
Harry looks around
Fred and Harry roam around the camp site
Crabbing on the rocks
Over the river to Walberswick
A herring gull lurks on the wheelie bins
The herring hull takes flight from the bins
Fish for sale
A dancing crab in a fish tank
Isobel gets a prawn and mussel snack
Fishermen's huts on Blackshore
The River Blyth
More fishermen's huts
Fred cycles down some steps
Back at the campsite
We head off to the beach
The dunes of Southwold Harbour beach
An evening walk on the beach
Southwold lighthouse and pier
Isobel and a gang of people on the beach
Harry and Fred in their pyjamas
Fred in the sea
Harry is all stripey teeshirt and shades
Isobel and Fred return from a trip to the sea
Harry with a stone
Lighthouse and pier by day
A much-needed windbreak
Our beach encampment
Behind the dunes
A crazy lady chucks chip scraps to the seagulls
The queue outside Mrs. T's fish 'n' chip shop
The boys by the river
Fred gets tangled in a cycle helmet
The road across the common, and the water tower
A touristey horse-and-cart rides around
The boys get ready to play in the sea
Lucas takes Harry in hand
Just as well everyone's got swimming togs on
Harry and Fred are just heads in the sand
Everyone says their goodbyes
Isobel scoops Harry up
Stripey beach hut
Back at the campsite
Harry and Fred on 'Top Trailer'
Fred and Harry get back form their ride
Fred after his ride
Fred gives the whole thing a 'thumbs up'
There's loads of crabbing down at the harbour
Old wooden pile
Harry and Fred inspect for crabs
Fred helps out with a net
The net goes in
Fred hauls in his first crab
The crabs are let go, and scuttle into the river
An actual jellyfish floats around
Harry and Isobel wander off to explore
Fred's new Crab Gang hang on the wall
Inside Sole Bay Fish Company's restaurant
Harry slurps on an orange juice
We order a modest seafood platter for two
Harry says 'hurrah'
More fish
Harry comes out of the secret toilet
Cows on Southwold Common
A nice old Mercedes convertible
An bath with a load of thin rope, like worms
More tangled rope and fishing net
Harry doesn't look too keen on the ferry
On the ferry pontoon
The ferry ticket office
Time for ice cream
Crabbing off a flooded pontoon
There's a nice old MG convertible in the car park
Spot the dog, as it tries to escape from the ferry
Fred on the ferry
The campsiter facilities - 'Some like it hut'
Isobel does the hair monster thing
Fred's up a tree
Harry looks up at Fred
Fred finds a new way to get down from the tree
Fred ends up in an Ambulance
The ambulance outside the Bell
The crew stick on the blue lights for Harry