Lawn Bowling

The first thing Wilson noticed about Southwold is that it has a lighthouse in the middle of the village, right among the shops and houses!

The second thing he noticed was a lot of people playing Bowls, and after his recent triumph at ten-pin bowling he thought he'd like to try lawn bowling. Which is a very different kettle of fish.

While I parked the car, W ran down to the bowling greens to challenge the local players. By the time I arrived there was a bit of a stand-off, as W had been told that he couldn't play unless he had his own set of 'woods' [the bowling balls] and wore protective shoes. 

He argued the toss for a while, before accepting that he wasn't going to change their minds, and we headed towards The Pier. 

As we left, he muttered under his breath, 'They don't want to risk losing to a talented and mysterious stranger! People can be very cliquey towards outsiders — I've seen it again and again on "Doc Martin"!'