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.
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I would've thought the marshlands would be too shallow for sailboats but there are quite a few in various states.
Thank you for sharing your ramblings with us. Here in Maryland where we had planned to make a visit to England about now it's a balm to see your pictures and learn about parts of the country we know little about. How do you find your walking routes? Do you work from a guide or do you just "know" of interesting places to walk? My husband and I have agreed that on our next visit we need to check out Essex.
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