A morning on the beach and a bracing sea swim could only mean one thing - beer. Very convivial pub.

Late lunchtime - just sailed up the Ore. Friendly welcome - lovely wood panelling and the feeling of a “proper boozer”.

Lunchtime and we sat in the rear garden, with excellent fish and chips from the chippie next door. We were amused by the Good Beer Guide description of this pub as ‘large’. The adjective I would use is ‘small’.

16:45 Last stop of the day. Fairly busy.

11:40 Opens at 11:30 so we were the first customers. We came to assess the Heritage status of this pub and, whilst the room itself is interesting, the bar and bar back appear to be of no great age. The pub was originally in the house next door. This has now become the living accommodation but the pub sign is still on that building rather than on the pub itself. Aldeburgh itself was heaving as it was half-term week so the pub yard soon got busy with people eating fish'n'chips from the shop next door.

Late Sunday afternoon, busy with drinkers we were lucky to get a table. A real drinkers pub.

Fairly busy with lots of people outside the fish and chip shop opposite.

Friday lunchtime with a few regulars and tourists. Landlord was well informed about real ale.

It was about 9:30 when we turned up and a crowd of blokes was just leaving. The pub was a real drinking house. It was a single room with a high ceiling and wood panelled walls with plates and pictures on them.