Having been persuaded into a last minute road trip to Essex, I was quite prepared not to like Clacton-on-Sea. But on a warm evening walking the prom I could see why people like it. I began at the pier - loud, brash, typical seaside holiday - and strolled south towards the martello towers. The noise from the pier lessened and even the windfarm out to sea began to look, well, quite arty. Families were straggling back home and by the time I got to Martello bay I had the place to myself and it was lovely. I walked on towards Jaywick and then turned back and walked along the top promenade past the formal gardens which are still nicely maintained, past the pier again (still going strong) and along the other way towards Holland on Sea.
Not the walk I had planned about 10 days ago, but none the worse for that. Sometimes we all need to be out of our comfort zone, to have a surprise, I guess
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