"The crumbling cliff edge is just metres away. An automatic blind, which I can operate without getting out of bed, rises to reveal an ocean view: the dramatic storm-surging North Sea with great black-backed gulls circling nearby and a distant ship on the horizon. A watery gold sunrise lights the clouds and turbulent grey water. I'm the first person to sleep in the new Kraken lodge at Still Southwold, a former farm in Easton Bavents on the Suffolk coast."
"It's a stylish wooden cabin, one of a scattering of holiday lets in an area prone to aggressive coastal erosion. The owner, Anne Jones, describes the challenges of living on a coast that is rapidly receding in the face of climate-exacerbated storms: the waves have eroded more than 40 hectares (100 acres), and the family business is no longer a viable farm."
A stylish wooden cabin sits metres from a crumbling cliff edge overlooking the storm-surging North Sea, where black-backed gulls circle and distant ships cross the horizon. A former Suffolk farm has lost more than 40 hectares to waves and climate-exacerbated storms, making traditional farming no longer viable. The site now hosts low-carbon, movable cottages and cabins, with additional projects including a sea-view sauna and a dune hut for beachside reflexology. Coastal erosion has forced the official path inland, made cliff edges perilous, and left promenades and beach huts exposed to waves that sometimes crash over defences.
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