Southwold & Covehithe - 4th April ‘25

The last day so we decided to eat out for breakfast. We took our lives in our hands to cross the A12 and then picked up a pretty little footpath in to the village of Yoxford. We walked up the High Street and found the Black Dog deli. A local chain of coffee shops with really nice coffee and food - albeit at a steepish price tag.

We decided that today was going to be Tilly focussed. After the beach disappointment of yesterday we wanted her to get a good run on a sandy beach before we headed home.  

We knew Southwold beach was sandy so that’s where we headed. We parked up, fortified ourselves with an ice cream then found a sheltered (ish?) spot on the dunes to settle down for a bit. Di and I snuggled into keep warm (the sun was out but the wind was quite chilly) while Tilly ventured onto the main beach for an explore. 

After a couple of hours, as enjoyable as it was, we thought we would try another beach - Covehithe. The guide books said it was sandy, quite isolated and very quiet - perfect!

We parked up by the village church and walked down a footpath to the beach. It was indeed secluded and quite spooky in some ways. The erosion is very visible here with lots of decaying trees and vegetation cut off by the encroaching sea. We had about an hours walk up and down the beach - seeing only 2 or 3 fellow beach walkers during that time.

On returning back to Brunnehilda we decided to eat locally and popped back to the Kings Head for another delicious burger / pizza. We had a long chat with a lovely waitress. We were trying to guess where she came from by her accent. We got there eventually and we had a long chat about her homeland of Hungary and how she was enjoying her new life in Suffolk. It made me sad to think that evil politicians like Farage and our appalling client press are trying so hard to make us all hate and be angry with a lovely human being like this. Well fcuk him and fcuk them. 

We relaxed back at the van for our last evening. Tomorrow morning will be all about the pack up and getting on the road for home by midday. 

We’ve had a great 4 days. The weather was perfect, the site spectacular and the company wonderful. We’ll be back that’s for sure.