Wow… where did spring go? I feel like I blinked and it was over, and summer fast on its heels. The highlight of my spring was definitely a week in Southwold with my daughter, who has now left for a summer with Camp America.
Southwold is one of my favourite places on earth. I love everything about it, especially the marshes, lighthouse, and iconic water tower.
The weather was beautiful, and we did all the things – got the little ferry across the River Blyth and went crabbing in Walberswick; had tea on the little island in the boating lake; had delicious courgette bread by the tennis courts at the Pit Stop cafe (a lot of cake was consumed that week); wandered up and down the seafront checking out the beach huts; mooching around the attractions on the pier; going out after dark to watch the beam from the lighthouse sweeping the bay.
Most of all we did a lot of walking – Southwold and its environs are blessedly flat and very dog friendly.
I did a lot of knitting and crochet, finishing both my Convulvulus shawl (pattern coming soon) and what I’ve dubbed my Southwold Shawl because I managed to knit the whole thing in the week we were there.
The pattern is the Rattan Shawl by Libby Jonson and the yarn is Fyberspates Vivacious 4-Ply in the gorgeous Sea Glass colourway – it matches exactly the piece of green sea glass I found up on the beach by Southwold Harbour.