Tag: travel

  • Stitching the Path: Connecting Disjointed Walk & Cycle Routes 1

    Stitching the Path: Connecting Disjointed Walk & Cycle Routes 1

    A mission objective of the rECOnnect Dengie project is to improve the active travel infrastructure on the Dengie and get a safe network of routes connecting all the settlements. As I’ve noted previously, there are lots of good words about achieving this sort of thing in the strategy documents produced from the national level down…

  • 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…

  • Park It

    Park It

    Maldon District Council (MDC) is considering charging for the car parks in Burnham-on-Crouch. Some people are annoyed and have started a petition against charging, including friends and people I know. The Town Council has posted a notice promoting the petition on its official noticeboards and some councillors have announced their support for the petition. I…

  • Weeknotes 02025 Q1 W2

    Weeknotes 02025 Q1 W2

    Going away for the weekend killed getting this out earlier, working up the notes would kill getting it out at all. So, here’s the rough take:

  • Get on the Magic Bus

    Get on the Magic Bus

    Today was supposed to be day one of the new 45 bus service on the Dengie. This would replace the D4 and Dart 5 with a much-reduced timetable combining those two buses. The scheduled services would be reduced to two a day in either direction, Monday to Friday, with the Saturday service lost entirely. The…

  • Bursou Two

    Bursou Two

    In the previous post, I mentioned that the Slow Ways route Bursou One is one of three footpath-orientated ways between Burnham and Southminster. I committed to adding my preferred walking route between the two as an additional Slow Way. It’s now been added as Bursou Two. Below, I have appended my route description from the…

  • Zeroing In

    I am grateful to Tony Fittock (District Councillor for Althorne ) for letting me know that the process of creating a new Local Development Plan for Maldon District has begun. So my previous post on the matter revealed my own ignorance of the Maldon District Local Development Plan (LDP) Review: Issues and Options Consultation, which…