Wells Next the Sea

Last weekend, I was on call, so I could only go a short distance on my day off. I went north to a small town on the shore called Wells-next-the-Sea. Although it was originally built 'on the sea', the tides have changed, and now the town sits about 1 mile from the water. As you can see in the pictures, some water comes in near the town in a small river - that then leaves when the tide is out. You can see all the stranded boats sitting on sand. The tide is quite large - when I was there, the tide was at least 1/2 mile from where it comes up to the beach. So after walking 1.5 miles, I still was not at the water! On the beach, there are very cute and colorful little beach houses that I guess people use for storage and such. There were quite a few people strolling the beach with their kids and dogs - especially the black labs. There was even a couple getting married - there is a picture of the bride. It was so windy that day that I am surprised they weren't blown away!