Walking the Suffolk Coastal Path - Cobbold Point - Felixstowe Ferry (Walk 2)

 (Wednesday 13th March - 2.2 miles. Route taken: sea front then Ferry Road and back to sea front. Time taken 1hr 10mins mins)

It was a cloudy, but warm afternoon as I walked from Cobbold Point to Felixstowe Ferry. My husband, Laurence dropped me at the point and will meet me at the end of my walk.

The tide was in so after walking a short distance I climbed the steps which led me along a track to Ferry Road.

I continued on this road passing several beach huts until I reached the golf course where I crossed the green and walked along by the sea wall again. I found a good spot to take a photo of a Martello Tower

looking through the trees, across the golf course.

There were several people dotted around the golf course. The club was founded in 1880 and its 18-hole Martello course is the fifth-oldest in England.
Signs of spring are showing with bunches of daffodils in bloom.

  

Looking out to sea I can see Bawdsey Manor in the distance. Bawdsey became the world's first operational radar station in 1937 and played a pivotal role in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

The ground is sodden due to all the rain we have been experiencing and the path leading to Felixstowe Ferry is no exception. Felixstowe Ferry is a hamlet in Suffolk, approximately two miles northeast of Felixstowe at the mouth of the River Deben with a ferry to the Bawdsey peninsula.

I passed another Martello Tower and a group of houses which are former coast guard cottages, before reaching the ferry crossing. 

Deben ferries cross the river from Felixstowe Ferry to Bawdsey Quay. The ferry runs seasonally, from Easter to April at weekends only, 10am to 5pm, and daily from May to September, 10am to 5pm. You have to wave the bat at the end of the jetty to call the ferryman. There are several boats and fishing paraphernalia around and also some eating places.

Walking back to the car park I was fascinated by The Fish, which is made from odd bits of metal and spanners, washers and other metal tools. 

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