In a rare event at the weekend we ventured beyond the borders of Norfolk and into sunny Suffolk for a family meal out. It seemed somewhat irrelevant that our journey was of significant proportions for a meal out, the roads round here are not the best for efficient travel; a stretch of dual carriageway to Norwich and that's your jolly lot.

Whenever we've been to Aldeburgh before I always make a beeline for Thorpeness and this occasion was no exception. It mattered not that my heeled boots were impractical, or that there was nothing much to see along the coast; force of habit declared that this was the thing to do.

The weather was drab to say the least, grey cloud all afternoon except a little chink of sunset in the distance before we left.

I'm pleased with the pictures that I've ended up with after all, they'll do for me. Maybe a return in summer 2015 is on the cards to make a bit more of the day.

Sophie