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| Sunset fishing |
Our next adventure was back in Leiston, looking after Gail for Jenny for just over a month. This is a regular sit for us but Gail is a new dog. Both May and Trix sadly passed away (of old age) since our last sit and Gail is the new member of the family. We love staying here as it is only five minutes to the coast and some lovely bush walks with Gail in the other direction.
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| Sizewell nuclear power station in the back ground .... hmmm |
We had some great evenings down on the beach fishing .... and not catching anything. No matter. It is just lovely to sit out, weather permitting, and enjoy the changing colours of the sunsets. Gail was a bit perturbed by this in the first instance as there wasn't quite enough activity for her, but Clare took her for lots of mini walks and she soon learned to settle down and soak up the atmosphere too.
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| Fireworks in the village |
Of cours we also enjoyed many day trips to the beach.
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| Fish and chips, Aldburgh, with Peter and Chris |
James braved the water ...
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| Gail the lifeguard |
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| The girls chillin' |
What to do when you can't catch any fish from the shore? Book a couple of days on a charter boat and boy, did James 'bring home the bacon'! Neither of us had tried turbot before. Soft and delicate flesh. You can't beat fresh fish of almost any variety.
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| Turbot |
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| Sea Bass |
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| Yummm! |
He also took some great pics of the windmill farm under construction out to sea. ONE of these windmills produces enough electricity from ONE single rotation of the blades to power a single house for approx 28 hours. Renewable energy, hell yeah, bring it on!
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| The construction vessel puts legs down to the ocean floor to anchor itself whilst it performs the precise task of installing the windmill components |
We enjoyed a romp out to Snape Maltings for a walk out on the marshes. Gail had an absolute ball!
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| Slightly less impressed with the shower when we got home :-) |
Gail at the marshes ... too funny :-)
We picked some marsh samphire and boiled it up with new potatoes, mixed some butter through and it was really delicious. Love wild food.
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| Wild raspberries picked on Gail's favourite forest walk and enjoyed on ourmorning cereal |
RIP gorgeous girls :-(
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| Trix and May |
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