Photography from Cleethorpes on the North Lincolnshire coast.
I’ve never been to the North Lincolnshire coast before, but with my daughter having moved there for work and the threat of super-fresh fish and chips on the cards, well why not.
Despite it being bitterly cold, I really enjoyed the quiet, off-season, lots of things closed, slightly faded air in Cleethorpes that comes with so many seaside towns in the UK. And as I live as far as you can get from the sea in Britain, it’s refreshing in other ways.
And whilst I quite like fish and chips in paper outside with a view of the sea (it’s the law normally), this was not that sort of day. So without the need for a better excuse, it was time to introduce my daughter to the joys of “sit-down indoor fish and chips”.
We ventured into Steels CornerHouse restaurant which despite its less-than-ideal “Sports Direct” banner branding outside, revealed a step back in time inside. Lovely old signs, little booths and tables, waitresses with grey hair, pots of tea in ‘70’s metal teapots and a plate of bread and butter to accompany the best haddock and chips I can remember.
No shots of food to see here though. I made a few photographs that I hoped captured the look and feel of the day. And a lone airman.
I liked Cleethorpes and will return.
