Our now annual visit to Aldeburgh, arriving to calm autumnal weather.

 All these visits to this part of Suffolk and we had never seen inside Aldeburgh church, always busy with some event or service.  Here a Piper window in memory of Benjamin Britten

 

And here a very moving war memorial.  This coastline must have been a prime recruiting ground for the Navy in both wars.

The town itself full of quirky survivors, such as this watchtower.  There are still fishing-boats here and fish for sale on stalls, but the main industry is tourism - well-heeled families with dogs in tow, grazing on fish and chips on the shingle beach.

Later in the week, a wonderfully peaceful walk around the Alde estuary.   Everything looks posed as for a stylish watercolour, the reed-beds glowing in the low sun.