Tag Archives: Suffolk Coast

Tuesday Treats: Dunes and Beach

Something the things seen on our walk along Kessingland shore 24th January 2024. Enjoy. Aye, even on the dunes we can’t escape fungi! And lichen… And lichenised fungi (Cladonia) Thickets of sea buckthorn here, the berries now sun-dried and sea-air … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: An Abbreviated Walk

24th January 2024, midway through a two-day gale, but anyway we’re walking. The intention is the five mile walk from Kessingland dunes to Lowestoft. But we didn’t quite make it. Stay with me, you’ll find out why… Kessingland cliffs are … Continue reading

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Let’s Take a Stroll Along The Prom

7th July. Forecast: blistering hot. But it’s our “walk day”. I know, let’s take a walk along the prom, catch the cooling sea-breezes. But not our prom. Let’s go to Lowestoft, the next resort along. Please, come along… We’re greeted … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Between the Resorts

We set out early, a bus to Lowestoft. It’s no great distance, about 10 miles. We’re walking back… by beach and cliff and woods and back to cliffs and beach. It’s a walk of two parts (second part next week) … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: To Promenade Beside the Sea

20th December, we bus to Kessingland and walk back to Lowestoft along the beach. But at Pakefield we cheat and walk on the promenade provided… A lone tree watches us pass I name this X Marks the Spot. That wind … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Winter Dunes

20th December: it took us 2 buses to reach Kessingland beach where the dunes stretch into the distance in mimic of the Gobi desert. Here the marram, so green in the summer, had bleached almost to white. The challenge was … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Dunes, Cliffs (and Sea)

23rd September we jump on a bus to Lowestoft. Excellently timed for as we arrive at the bus station the bus we need is there. We’re heading to Kessingland to walk back to Lowestoft by beach. This is new country … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Field, Woods and Sea

27th August and we’re walking from Great Yarmouth to Lowestoft. We set off along the beach but at Hopton the beach runs out. Time to turn inland… We head down the cliffs, back to the beach to enjoy the crash … Continue reading

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