First, the town is hosting the World Crazy Golf Championships (Americans read: Put Put) at its seafront course. We stop to watch the players putting their balls along the concrete paths expertly navigating past the sweep of the windmill blades and through the turning wheel toward their destiny of a hole in the ground. Photographers and film crews capture the moment. Onlookers murmur appreciation.
Then, as we make our back up from the seafront, having devoured an open bag of chips (Americans read: French fries) we stop at the Flower Makers Museum just a short walk along the High Street where we live. This family business has a worldwide reach as it manufactures flower and plant props for such films as “Gladiator.” The Shirley Leaf and Petal Company which owns the museum uses the same equipment and materials when it was originally established nearly 100 years ago.
