Friday 14th June

On Wednesday of this week, we all rode in a boat along the River Blyth. While on the boat, our tour guide told us many interesting facts about the river and its history. Below are some of those facts with accompanying pictures, plus all of the other pictures from our trip.

In 1953, the river flooded and on the side of The Harbour Inn, there is a line drawn to show the height the floods reached.

The bridge, connecting the Southwold and Walberswick sides of the river, used to be a railway track but is now a walkway.

We learnt about all of the different birds that can be spotted around the river including this little egrit we saw perched on the bank. We also saw some herring gulls, black-headed gulls and a cormorant.

We also learnt that smugglers used to use the river to illegally transport goods to England from other countries. One of these smugglers was called ‘Granny Cox’ and we got to hold her old pistol.