Last Day in Aldeburgh, September 2022

September 15, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

It’s just a few steps out of the back of The Cross Keys pub in Aldeburgh, where I’m staying, on to the beach. It wasn’t quite as early as the above photo suggests but actually 8.30am when I was heading out for a short walk before breakfast. However there were many clouds overhead, so dark […]

Return to Aldeburgh, Suffolk

September 14, 2022.Reading time 10 minutes.

I loved Aldeburgh so much when I visited for the first time earlier this year that I immediately booked a return trip. I wanted to stay at The Cross Keys pub again and as they only have three bedrooms, they get booked up very quickly and far in advance. The Cross Keys, apart from being […]

4 Nights in Aldeburgh, Suffolk: Eat, Drink, Do

June 16, 2022.Reading time 16 minutes.

Why go? Well my own reason for going to Aldeburgh was more about finding somewhere for a Spring break on the Suffolk coast and very little about the town itself. I wanted to explore Suffolk, a county I don’t know, and also wanted to be by the sea. So I searched for places to stay […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: The Last Day

June 12, 2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

I decided to take it easier on my last day and just enjoy my immediate surroundings before heading back to London tomorrow and ‘Life’. I’ve enjoyed exploring what Aldeburgh has to offer in the town and nearby over the last couple of days but I wasn’t planning to go far today. However, as usual I […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: A Morning Walk to Thorpeness & Lunch at Aldeburgh Market

June 11, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’d heard of Thorpeness due to a number of TV programmes over the last year or so featuring well-known personalities like Kate Humble and Michael Portillo walking the Suffolk coast. It’s only a couple of miles north of Aldeburgh – about half an hour’s walk – and so many people had recommended I walk there […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: Supper at The Lighthouse

June 10, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Well finding good places to eat is essential to Travel Gourmet when it comes to holidays! I must confess, however, that I didn’t have any idea what was on offer in Aldeburgh until after I’d booked my stay at The Cross Keys and started looking at restaurants here. When I saw The Lighthouse listed as […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: In the Footsteps of Benjamin Britten

June 10, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

I had no idea of the strong connection between Aldeburgh and Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) when I decided to come here. I soon discovered it though, for it would be almost impossible to read about Aldeburgh or indeed come here and not see and hear references to the great composer everywhere. Britten was born in Lowestoft […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: Arrival at The Cross Keys

June 9, 2022.Reading time 10 minutes.

Booking a short holiday in Aldeburgh was based on wanting to explore Suffolk, which I don’t know, and staying right by the sea. I love being by the sea. By the time I’d looked at what was on offer via Booking.com from Southwold southwards, I found The Cross Keys and decided that looked like a […]