Beccles is typical of the slightly larger town you can find in Suffolk.
In places a little run down, as many places were post COVID-19 which accelerated the death of the high street, but places are opening up.
I remember just a few years ago when all there seemed to be on the high streets was instant coffee or corporate Starbucks, there were few independent coffee roasters and few independent coffee shops selling quality, well sourced coffee.
But now coffee roasters and cafes seem to be springing up even in the most unlikely of places.
What the high street will look like in the future now on-line shopping dominates is unknown, but cafes and good coffee seems to one thing that we will be able to find.
Beccles is an old town with lovely old churches and building, well worth a walk around after you have refreshed yourself with coffee.
Reminders of its links to the larger towns and London are all around.
So if you on route to one of the larger cities try a visit, whether a quaint book shop, a delicatessen or locally roasted coffee there will be something for you.
