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05/25/2004: "South Cove towards Southwold"

km: 4.929 / 3.72 speed
steps: 7951 / 100 speed
Time: 1.15

This walk was quite tiring ... but lovely. By the time we decided to come back (after having seen 2 broads) we could clearly see Southwold Lighthouse and the pier.

Note: Get batteries for camera and do this walk again.

We noticed several strange on the walk back. One of them was an animal in the distance - it was perhaps a HUGE dog .... but its body seemed too large for its legs. We did find what looked to be large dog pawprints in the sand.

Shortly thereafter we noticed people driving down a field !!??!! 3 cars of them. Who and what could they be doing? I think it was probably on National Trust ground, but perhaps another time when we are not so tired, it may be possible to walk along that way and find out more.

Another odd sighting, or rather finding, was to find sedge in the seawater (the tide was going out). At one time what is currently the sea, was part of the broad. How long ago? The sedge found was blackened and was triangular in shape.

At some point I have no doubt we will be visiting the library to find out more about this coastline.

We have almost walked the whole coastline from Lowestoft to within sight of Southwold ... and would like to know more of its history. We saw yet another wartime bunker in the sea .... fully covered with water and becoming visible only at low tide ....

Why are the trees dying in the hedgerows around the whole coastline .... whole areas where trees appear to be dying, for not apparent reason ...