B&W gallery: Walberswick stump

The extensive sand and shingle beach at Walberswick is shielded from the village itself by a

range of grassy dunes and heathland and the River Blyth estuary (upstream is Blythburgh,

with its famous church). Apparently Walberswick is home to the World Open Crabbing

Championships every August - so there's reason enough to come here. And if you do, you'll

find a couple of good pubs, plenty of 'nature' in the shape of meadows, marsh and nature

reserves, a one-woman ferry (in summer only) across to the road which leads to Southwold

(now Suffolk's primary 'resort', when it used to be Felixstowe), and cafes and antique shops

and all mod cons. Well, some mod cons - this is Suffolk after all.

This infra-red picture was taken on a day that turned out to be not one for sitting on the

beach and contemplating one's good fortune at being in Suffolk, but for legging it to the Bell

for a good lunch. Which is worth contemplating even when it's not raining.

The extensive sand and shingle beach at Walberswick is shielded from the village itself by a

range of grassy dunes and heathland and the River Blyth estuary (upstream is Blythburgh, with

its famous church). Apparently Walberswick is home to the World Open Crabbing Championships

every August - so there's reason enough to come here. And if you do, you'll find a couple of

good pubs, plenty of 'nature' in the shape of meadows, marsh and nature reserves, a

one-woman ferry (in summer only) across to the road which leads to Southwold (now Suffolk's

primary 'resort', when it used to be Felixstowe), and cafes and antique shops and all mod cons.

Well, some mod cons - this is Suffolk after all.

This infra-red picture was taken on a day that turned out to be not one for sitting on the beach

and contemplating one's good fortune at being in Suffolk, but for legging it to the Bell for a good

lunch. Which is worth contemplating even when it's not raining.

Dark day on the beach