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Category Archives: Essex
An interesting diversion to Manningtree and Mistley and joining the dots – Ferry from East Mersea to Point Clear – April 8th 2024
We had decided to stay in Manningtree after reaching the ferry point to Suffolk as it is the site of one of the worst witch-hunts in England and I wanted Barbara to tell me more about it. I’m including it … Continue reading
R37: Great Oakley to Harwich – 7th April 2024
Before leaving Thorpe-le-Soken we had a wander around the graveyard in search of William Gull’s grave. It wasn’t hard to find and can be seen in the middle photo below. A beautiful, slightly overgrown churchyard – my favourite kind. We … Continue reading
R36: Walton-on-the-Naze to Great Oakley – 6th April 2024
Ate an incredibly beige breakfast of fried potatoes and scrambled eggs – not sure what possessed me to order it? Sandy the landlady didn’t seem to think we could walk all the way round by the Titchmarsh Marina so played … Continue reading
R35: Clacton to Walton-on-the-Naze – 5th April 2024
Having no kettle at the cheap and cheerful lodgings, we were up and out sharpish. Barbara didn’t fancy a swim as the weather was wet and gloomy and when we got down to the sea it seemed a wise choice … Continue reading
R34: Point Clear to Clacton – 4th April 2024
Barbara’s car had been playing up so I drove our van (something I don’t get round to very often) and thoroughly enjoyed the experience, so hopefully it will be repeated. We arrived at Point Clear on the edge of a … Continue reading
R33: Peldon Rose to East Mersea – 4th February 2024
“When the 19th century art critic John Ruskin wrote that ‘mountains are the beginning and end of landscape’ he was, on this occasion, wrong. For some of us it is at the shore’s edge that landscape truly begins and ends, … Continue reading
R32: Tollesbury to just beyond Salcott – 3rd February 2024
Our 10-year anniversary can you believe it! We enjoy vast skies and I learn to have gap tolerance.
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Posted in 2024, Essex
Tagged coastal path, coastal walking, England Coastal Path, essex walking, hiking, nature, walking
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R31: Goldhanger to Tollesbury – 30th September 2023
Dropped back in Goldhanger we posed by the Americana vintage petrol pumps. Googling Pratts I discovered that it was Esso’s original name. The connection to Essex being that the UK depot was at Purfleet near the present day Dartford Tunnel. … Continue reading
Posted in 2023, Essex
Tagged coastal path, coastal walking, England Coastal Path, essex walking
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Walk R30: Maldon to Goldhanger – 29th September 2023
Maldon home of sea salt crystals and placed at the merging of the Blackwater river and the Chelmer, the former apparently one of the saltiest rivers in the UK. The process of extracting the salt is the same as it … Continue reading
Posted in 2023, Essex
Tagged coastal path, coastal walking, England Coastal Path, essex walking, saltings
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Walk R29: Steeple to Maldon – 2nd July 2023
It was a beautiful morning setting out from Steeple past the church with its prominent steeple. We retraced our steps down St Peter’s Way to the ECP and wiggled our way further down the Maylandsea creek. At the point where … Continue reading
Posted in 2023, Essex
Tagged coastal path, coastal walking, England Coastal Path, essex walking
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