The End

We visited Covehithe in Suffolk. This is one of many villages lost to the North Sea in recent centuries. I was rather hoping to find the point where the tarmac road plunges over the cliff edge... (Historical note: We were here two years ago, and I photographed the strange co-axial church. A picture appears in this blog from last year. We didn't dare walk the last quarter mile of road on that occasion)

Clearly the locals are sick and tired of visitors like me, as there are more No Parking and Go Away signs than a community of twenty folks normally deserve. However, we pursued the remains of the road past the locked iron gate on foot.

Walking along the remains of the road is a strange experience. This three foot path is in fact a full tarmac lane that is being invaded by the hedges at the side.





At the end you meet yet more Danger and Keep Out signs, together with another reminder that there is no public access to the cliffs or the beach at this point. The line of the road carries on straight out to sea.





This is the end, beautiful friend, The End...

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