Tollesbury

 A glorious autumn day, so after lunch we headed south towards the coast.  At this point in Essex you reach mud and marsh before you reach open water, but it made a change from our daily woodland walks.

Through Tiptree with its famous jam factory, Tolleshunt Knights, with its monastery, and Tolleshunt D'Arcy, once the home of Marjorie Allingham, and then straight on to Tollesbury, a small settlement with a marina and a row of pristine sail-lofts.

Heading along the raised path out towards the saltings, all kinds of craft are moored up.  Owners reach their boats along these duckboard paths.

Many of the boats are clearly beyond sailing ever again - some look like shabby weekend boltholes and some are just the bare bones of craft.

Looks peaceful, but imagine this at high tide with a storm brewing.

Looking to the east, we saw a huge flock of avocets rise and head off seawards, something we have never seen before.  Back towards Tollesbury, this was the view.

Fungi

 This has been a year without precedent in so many ways.  With our normal volunteering closed to us, and the gym not exactly an inviting prospect, we have kept up our programme of woodland walking.  Consequently, things which probably happen every year without us even noticing have been a constant source of interest this year.

Fungi - who knew that there were so many kinds?

Edited to add:  It turns out one of you is an expert! -See Comments.  I am so impressed by your identification of all these species.  Turkey Tails certainly make sense for number five.  Thank you for sharing.