I find it difficult to believe that these pictures were taken just two weeks ago. I wouldn't want to be outdoors today without a jacket!
Aldeburgh is a quaint old seaside town with no amusement arcades, bandstand or any of the razzamatazz typical of many English resorts, but had a strong connection with the Arts, as the home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, and the Snape Maltings concert hall, and more recently the controversial scallop shell metal sculpture on the beach by local artist Maggi Hamblin.
The town was formerly better known for its fishing fleet but that is facing hard times now due to diminishing catches and the remaining fishermen are currently negotiating new
licensing terms which would allow them to subsidise their income from the sale of locally caught fish with 25% of bought-in supplies.
