Harwich and still going strong

Another bright sunny day on the east coast, of England that is.  We had our breakfast in the bar this
morning.  A bright and cheerful place until a family arrived with a 3 year old who was bent on
crawling over and under tables while his parents were busy chomping on their Wheatabix.  After
he nearly tripped up a scowling waitress, the little one was brought up short, screaming aloud while
Mum, dragged him to her side and lectured him on proper manners which he couldn't understand.

Although our room service is quite good, the restaurant staff needs some concentrated training.
Today, the mid-point of our stay in Harwich we plan to take another stroll along the seacoast
and, if possible, stop for fish and chips at the hotel where we had our Carlsberg yesterday.
The Tower is beginning to fill up with guests probably joining the Baltic cruise.  The bar was getting
a little lively last night but fortunately, we are out of range.

The weather is still excellent, not a cloud in sight for July 23 and we hiked the seacoast trail to Harwich
Town.  This time we strolled in the old section of town and checked out some of the historic structures
such as Sam Pepyes house as well as the place where the Capt. of The Mayflower spent his youth
and finally sailed to Plymouth, England for the voyage across the Atlantic.

Then we had our fish and chips at The Pier overlooking the waterfront.  This time instead of getting a
taxi ride back to the Tower, we hoofed it.  Boy were we pooped.  Today's walk was more than 5 miles
a bit too much for us.  Getting old is no fun but according to Somerset Maughn, "Don't complain about
getting old, many folks don't get the privilege".

The Electric Company was the first building that was used exclusively to show movies in England
and probably, the world.