26 August 2018

A walk on the tame side

With a group of Ramblers from Benfleet to Southend, along the trodden path, with views of muddy marshes and Thames Estuary. And that huge Essex sky!


Hadleigh Castle on the horizon

This is an artwork!

... based on the tradition of leaving old boats in the marshes to rot away

The culmination of research on 'lost species' is now imprinted on the boat... 
In the summer of 2015 the vessel was floated to dock and the artists routered the
names of the species into the hull and deck. The vessel was then
returned to the marsh.

These are the real thing

Soon you start

to see these wrecks everywhere

The signage had an organic, ephemeral feel, too

hmm, maybe not this one!

and, hmm again, maybe not these either...

Food experience #1 - ripe fruit of the passion-flower vine - tastes good!
(lots of pips, though, if that sort of thing bothers you...)

Food experience #2 - Illy coffee at the seaside - would you
expect it to be instant coffee in a little sachet? Well, maybe
you would, actually... Upside is the price,  only £1.20 for a
big (weak) cup. And the sea in the distance. 

Horizons and a group of swimmers

Unusually fuzzy lamp post

And a building going the way of those abandoned boats

Restaurant Row at Westcliff-on-Sea

Taken from the train back to London
An easy 7 miles along a well-trodden path and seawall. With good company. I hope to do it again before too long.

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