Coastwalk

Bradwell Waterside → St Lawrence Bay

Distance: 4.4 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: unknown

Gateway to the Blackwater
« Burnham-on-Crouch | Maylandsea »

I'm continuing the theme of alternating between the north and south ends of my Essex gap. After only one day alongside the sea, Bradwell Waterside marks the point where I head upstream once more, following the vast Blackwater Estuary to Maldon.

Coastwalk

Dovercourt → Manningtree

Distance: 14.5 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: 4 hours 55 minutes

The Stour again
« Kirby-le-Soken | Shotley Gate »

Yesterday south Essex. Today I'm in the north. If I keep chipping away like this I should be able to complete the county by the year end.

Today's walk is the opposite of last Saturday's. I'm walking inland on the south bank of the Stour.

Coastwalk

Burnham-on-Crouch → Bradwell Waterside

Distance: 19.1 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: 6 hours

Mudflat marathon
« Rochford | St Lawrence Bay »

For the first four and a half hours of today's walk I didn't meet a single soul. You wouldn't expect to find such remoteness in England, let alone in the crowded south-east corner only fifty miles from London. But here it is: a fifteen mile path more deserted and lonely than most of the wilderness walking on Britain's moors and mountains.

Coastwalk

Manningtree → Shotley Gate

Distance: 14 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: 4 hours 15 minutes

Into infinity
« Dovercourt | Orwell Country Park »

The final segment of the extended Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path, today's walk is the length of the Stour from its first bridging point in Manningtree to the Marina at Shotley Gate.