Tag: nature

  • Lapping it Up

    Lapping it Up

    The latest newsletter from the Colchester Cycling Campaign includes Mike Polom‘s proposal for a cycle touring lap of Essex which includes a section through the Dengie. While this is primarily a leisure route, I think it makes a useful contribution to thinking about cycle routes on the Dengie, whether for utility, leisure, health or otherwise.…

  • New Paths – South Woodham Ferrers

    New Paths – South Woodham Ferrers

    Last weekend I walked the two new local sections of the King Charles III England Coast Path (KC3ECP), this is my second account focusing on the new route between South Woodham Ferrers and Battlesbridge, part of the section WIB 3: Hawk Hill Bridge to Clementsgreen Creek [pdf] After reaching South Woodham Ferrers, as described in…

  • New Paths – North Fambridge

    New Paths – North Fambridge

    Last weekend I walked the two new local sections of the King Charles III England Coast Path (KC3ECP) that I mentioned in the previous post. As pre-warned, these were open but unfinished. In this post I review the WIB4 section: Clementsgreen Creek, South Woodham Ferrers to The Quay,North Fambridge [pdf] North Fambridge section This begins…

  • The Lost Words

    The Lost Words

    By national government edict the 15 councils in ‘Greater Essex’ must reorganise to form new unitary authorities through a process of Local Government Reorganisation. This will change the current two-level council system into one in which there are new, bigger councils called unitary councils. I’ve been reviewing the four competing proposals submitted by existing councils…

  • Let a Thousand Knepps Bloom

    Let a Thousand Knepps Bloom

    Yesterday, Maldon District Council (MDC) shared on social media that they would be working in partnership with a property consultancy company that has launched a Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) scheme with the Braxted Park estate. The post and linked article are light on detail, and there’s nothing about it on the MDC website, but this…

  • Dengie Marshes Wind Farm

    Dengie Marshes Wind Farm

    The proposed Dengie Marshes Wind Farm is moving forward into a phase of public survey and persuasion. (A company called Dengie Marshes Wind Farm Limited was incorporated on 18 October 2024 and shares directors with Blenheim Renewables, the company which initiated the project.) The project has a website and is holding a series of consultation…

  • Weeknotes 02025 Q1 W4

    DCAP Next week we’ve got a meeting in Tillingham and we’re supposed to be thermal image surveying 4 houses at the same time – not sure how it’s going to work! Day Job Work begins on the April issue of the magazine. Wrote an internal blog on the use of AI in Emilia Pérez. Everyday…