Tag: Walk
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Poop-Poop
Barely a week goes by now without a collision on the Dengie roads. A couple of months ago this sadly included two fatalities. There’s clearly a problem with drunk and drug driving, but this appears to be a factor in only a minority of cases and doesn’t sufficiently explain the frequency of dangerous driving incidents.…
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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…
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Better Walk/Wheel/Cycle Routes
Next week, work commences on a solar farm south of Keelings Road, Dengie. This will involve constructing an access road from Keelings Road to Asheldham Brook, which could be made suitable for cycle access. From Asheldham Brook it’s only 2km to The Marshes, Southminster through land (Northwycke Farm) with a single owner: Lincoln College, Oxford.
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Link up Rural Areas
The latest Essex cycling & walking plan is out for consultation. I’ve just taken a quick look and this is my hot take. 4 of the proposed cycle routes go through the Dengie: Mid Essex Cycle Route 12 (Burnham-on-Crouch-Southminster-Tillingham-Bradwell-on-Sea) Mid Essex Cycle Route 13 (Maldon-Latchingdon-Mayland-Bradwell-on-Sea) Maldon Green Link 11 (Mundon-Purleigh-StowMaries) Maldon Green Link 19 (Cold…
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Beneath the Seawall, the Beach of Dreams
Last Sunday I participated in a stage of Beach of Dreams, walking between Bradwell Waterside and Burnham-on-Crouch. Beach of Dreams is an art project initiated by Ali Pretty of Kinetika, it’s a collaborative 500-mile walk between Lowestoft and Tilbury
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Ultra Dengie: Southend-on-Sea
A trip out to meet Graham Burnett at home in Westcliff-on-Sea. Travelled by train BoC to Wickford on the branch, then down the mainline to Southend Victoria. A little exploration around rainbound Southend before going on to Graham’s. I made the regular pilgrimage down the High Street to look out over the Thames Estuary from…
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Beating the Bounds 3: Coastal Path at Battlesbridge
From the cafe on the upper storey of the Antiques Centre in the old mill at Battlesbridge a view of the River Crouch. Battlesbridge is the head of the River Crouch navigation, the upper reach of the tidal zone and site of the most easterly bridge over the river. Geographically Battlesbridge sits at the south…
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Beating the Bounds 2: BoC to Southminster
A circular walk between Burnham-on-Crouch and Southminster.
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Beating the Bounds 1: North Fambridge to BoC
An afternoon bracer: off the train at North Fambridge at 15.10 then south down at Fambridge Road. At the turn to The Avenue I instead took the footpath (PROW 256_10) along Blue House Farm Chase towards Blue House Farm. Instead of proceeding directly to the sea wall by the continuing public footpath (PROW 256_13) I…
Dengie Bioregion 