Felixstowe

We went to Felixstowe, a port town on the east shore of England touching the North Sea. It was cool, overcast and windy, but still a nice day. It took about 1 hour 20 min. to drive there. The beaches were covered with rocks, with about 10 feet of sand leading into the water. This was before the tide came in and it came quickly. We arrived around noon and departed around 4:00 and in that time, the tide had covered all the sand. The town itself was up on a tall hill over looking the Sea. To get there from the boardwalk (actually a cement walk), you had to walk up several sets of steps or go up a VERY steep street. Along the walkway next to the beach, we saw a series of small houses that were probably 8 ft. X 8ft. They looked like little storage sheds and they ranged in colors and had names on them. We guessed that they might contain a family’s beach umbrellas. We soon came upon some old photographs of the beach on a community bulletin board. In the pictures, it looked like the houses had been moved to the beach side of the cement walkway. Each house had a little fabric dividers that stretched six feet in front of each of the houses to provide a private area for the family of that little house. People were sitting on chairs in front of their houses, having picnics and there was room inside the little house for people to get away from the sun. Pretty clever since the beach slopes down to the sea and there is very little sand to play with when the tide comes in.