Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!

We travelled to the East coast this week to study the coast, erosion and the town of Southwold. We began our visit by sketching and discussing the erosion that's occurring at the North end of the beach.
We talked about the houses that are at risk and the sea walls and groynes that are in place. Aimee said "it is interesting to see that the sea walls stop where the edge of the town ends and some houses are not going to be there for long! I think this is because of the erosion and it's too expensive to keep building sea walls".


As we walked South along the beach we noticed all the different coloured each huts. Each one had a different name. Debbie's favourite was 'Ceez ruff', Callum's favourite was 'O 2 B @ C', Eloise's favourite was 'Cloud 9'.

When we arrived at the pier we sat for lunch. Some of us decided to test the temperature of the water and go for a paddle. It...was... very... cold...!

However Sofia, Mae, Holly and Megan made the most of it!


After our lunch we looked at the wooden groynes that have been put in place and the concrete sea walls. We also noticed how some of the rocks had got smoother as they rolled about in the sea.


Our afternoon included a survey of the shops in Southwold and a questionnaire which we asked to 100 members of the public.

We were very thankful the weather stayed warm!