<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sandilands-beach-hutssep14.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2014" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sandilands-beach-hutssep14-300x225.jpg" alt="sandilands-beach-huts(sep14" width="300" height="225" /></a>We were at a loose end and Jane was feeling pretty good so we decided to drive out to the coast with Dave &amp; Lucie. Several locals had said that Sandilands was an unspoilt area (no "Kiss me Quick" hats) and that's how we finished up walking along the coast alongside some very ramshackle beach huts. The beach was lovely, probably because the tide was in as we've discovered the sea goes out a long way on this stretch of coastline and sometimes it's difficult to actually see water (certainly true of Cleethorpes). We had a grand walk in a brisk wind followed by lunch at the <a href="http://www.bacchushotel.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bacchus Hotel</a> in Sutton on Sea. For those of you old enough visiting these places is a bit like going back in time to the 1950s and 60s. Time has stood still which is quite pleasant really.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Alford-windmillsep14.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2015" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Alford-windmillsep14-300x225.jpg" alt="Alford-windmill(sep14)" width="300" height="225" /></a>On our way to the coast we passed <a href="http://www.alford-windmill.co.uk/" target="_blank">Alford Mill</a> and the sails were turning so we agreed to visit on the return journey. Unfortunately when we stopped we discovered it was closed and didn't open on a Wednesday, trust us to be visiting on the only day it's closed. No matter as it will give us a good reason to revisit during the autumn.