Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Harry's karate club is doing its annual camp-out at the harbour campsite in Southwold, although he's broken an arm and so can't do karate at the moment. Despite that, Isobel and Harry head over on Thursday night to set up, whilst Fred and Nosher head over on Friday afternoon. Harry might as well have stayed at home as he spends most of his time on his tablet, although to be fair most of the Saturday is spent in the van/awning hiding out from some torrential rain. In-between the lashings, we do end up walking into Southwold and doing the arcades for a bit, before we bumb into the rest of the karate group at the Red Lion. The rest of the club heads off looking for somewhere to watch the football, but end up with us in the Harbour Inn, where we've stopped for food and drinks. Before that on the Saturday morning, there's a rare chance to walk around Black Shore Quay at eight in the morning, where it's almost deserted, just before Isobel heads off to go and see Robbie Williams in that London.

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The most ambitious DIY project yet commences, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The most ambitious DIY project yet commences

Fred roams around a wet campsite, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Fred roams around a wet campsite

The van and its awning, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The van and its awning

A view of the rain, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A view of the rain

Parts of the site look a bit gloomy, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Parts of the site look a bit gloomy

Black Shore Quay is deserted early in the morning, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Black Shore Quay is deserted early in the morning

The ferry hut is surrounded by water, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The ferry hut is surrounded by water

A Truckman top has been abandoned, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A Truckman top has been abandoned

The melted roof of Mrs T's chip shop, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The melted roof of Mrs T's chip shop

Fisherman's huts on Black Shore Quay, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Fisherman's huts on Black Shore Quay

The rebuild of Mrs T's seems to have stopped, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The rebuild of Mrs T's seems to have stopped

A lone traffic cone, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A lone traffic cone

A slipway is blocked by broken wood, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A slipway is blocked by broken wood

Fishing boats undergoing restoration, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Fishing boats undergoing restoration

A destroyed yacht, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A destroyed yacht

A pile of derelict fishing boats, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A pile of derelict fishing boats

Another derelict fishing boat, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Another derelict fishing boat

Another look at the remains of Mrs T's chipper, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Another look at the remains of Mrs T's chipper

A pile of fishing detritus, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A pile of fishing detritus

A view of Southwold lighthouse over the marshes, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A view of Southwold lighthouse over the marshes

Walberswick, across the river, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Walberswick, across the river

A couple of cyclists roar past, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A couple of cyclists roar past

There's a giant bracket fungus on a tree, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

There's a giant bracket fungus on a tree

Harry scoffs a cheese sandwich in the van, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Harry scoffs a cheese sandwich in the van

It biblically rains again, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

It biblically rains again

We hide out from the rain in the awning, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

We hide out from the rain in the awning

We walk up Ferry Road past the Sail Loft, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

We walk up Ferry Road past the Sail Loft

Lifeguards are out, but it's not really the weather, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Lifeguards are out, but it's not really the weather

Southwold Pier in the rain, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Southwold Pier in the rain

Fred and Harry look at the sea, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Fred and Harry look at the sea

We're on the 2p coin shoves again, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

We're on the 2p coin shoves again

Fred in the Southwold Pier arcade, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Fred in the Southwold Pier arcade

The arcade is obviously where it's at, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The arcade is obviously where it's at

Fred goes retro with a game of Pac-Man, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Fred goes retro with a game of Pac-Man

The boys do a Tim Hunkin Under the Pier contraption, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The boys do a Tim Hunkin Under the Pier contraption

An obligatory view of Southwold from the pier, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

An obligatory view of Southwold from the pier

Jabba: The Hut, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Jabba: The Hut

A beagle sits on the sea wall, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A beagle sits on the sea wall

We catch up with the karate club at the Red Lion, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

We catch up with the karate club at the Red Lion

Fred in the Red Lion, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Fred in the Red Lion

Harry and Fred, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Harry and Fred

The bar of the Red Lion in Southwold, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The bar of the Red Lion in Southwold

The karate club gang outside the Red Lion, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The karate club gang outside the Red Lion

An impressive castle/church on the common, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

An impressive castle/church on the common

Fred points out plantain on Southwold Common, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Fred points out plantain on Southwold Common

Harry scopes out the menu in the Harbour Inn, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Harry scopes out the menu in the Harbour Inn

The Harbour Inn's reception, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

The Harbour Inn's reception

We look out over the common at the Harbour Inn, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

We look out over the common at the Harbour Inn

A view of Southwold in the gathering gloom, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A view of Southwold in the gathering gloom

Harry looks like he's being electrocuted, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Harry looks like he's being electrocuted

Harry in front of the Harbour Inn, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Harry in front of the Harbour Inn

Another wall of rain moves in from Walberswick, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Another wall of rain moves in from Walberswick

A nice clinker-built boat is restored, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A nice clinker-built boat is restored

A boat is reflected in a puddle, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

A boat is reflected in a puddle

There's a baby rabbit near the van, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

There's a baby rabbit near the van

Harry does his thing: spend time on a tablet, Eye Karate Kamp, Southwold Harbour, Suffolk - 6th July 2024

Harry does his thing: spend time on a tablet

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The most ambitious DIY project yet commences

The most ambitious DIY project yet commences

Fred roams around a wet campsite

The van and its awning

A view of the rain

Parts of the site look a bit gloomy

Black Shore Quay is deserted early in the morning

The ferry hut is surrounded by water

A Truckman top has been abandoned

The melted roof of Mrs T's chip shop

Fisherman's huts on Black Shore Quay

The rebuild of Mrs T's seems to have stopped

A lone traffic cone

A slipway is blocked by broken wood

Fishing boats undergoing restoration

A destroyed yacht

A pile of derelict fishing boats

Another derelict fishing boat

Another look at the remains of Mrs T's chipper

A pile of fishing detritus

A view of Southwold lighthouse over the marshes

Walberswick, across the river

A couple of cyclists roar past

There's a giant bracket fungus on a tree

Harry scoffs a cheese sandwich in the van

It biblically rains again

We hide out from the rain in the awning

We walk up Ferry Road past the Sail Loft

Lifeguards are out, but it's not really the weather

Southwold Pier in the rain

Fred and Harry look at the sea

We're on the 2p coin shoves again

Fred in the Southwold Pier arcade

The arcade is obviously where it's at

Fred goes retro with a game of Pac-Man

The boys do a Tim Hunkin Under the Pier contraption

An obligatory view of Southwold from the pier

Jabba: The Hut

A beagle sits on the sea wall

We catch up with the karate club at the Red Lion

Fred in the Red Lion

Harry and Fred

The bar of the Red Lion in Southwold

The karate club gang outside the Red Lion

An impressive castle/church on the common

Fred points out plantain on Southwold Common

Harry scopes out the menu in the Harbour Inn

The Harbour Inn's reception

We look out over the common at the Harbour Inn

A view of Southwold in the gathering gloom

Harry looks like he's being electrocuted

Harry in front of the Harbour Inn

Another wall of rain moves in from Walberswick

A nice clinker-built boat is restored

A boat is reflected in a puddle

There's a baby rabbit near the van

Harry does his thing: spend time on a tablet