Tag: Purleigh

  • Beating the Bounds 4: Maldon to SWF via Purleigh

    Whoever escaped/ Kept a weather-eye open and moved away. Seamus Heaney (trans.) Beowulf A volte-face of an old favourite: the walk from South Woodham Ferrers to Maldon via Purleigh. The trick with this walk, in either direction, is to leave early enough to reach The Bell in Purleigh before they stop serving food. I got…