11th August 2020 We left Maldon and drove to Great Wigborough Church where we parked our car. Robert then drove us to Jaywick beach so we could resume from where we stopped last night. The day was going to be very hot again, but there was an early haze which would burn off quite quickly.Continue reading “Day 42 – Jaywick to Great Wigborough 17.7 miles”
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Day 41 – Beaumont Quay to Jaywick 16.9 miles
Monday 10th August 2020 We were up and off early. We drove to Beaumont Quay and left the car under some trees. When we arrived the tide was fully out and there was just a muddy basin; it looked like an unlikely place for a swim this morning. Most of the morning was spend windingContinue reading “Day 41 – Beaumont Quay to Jaywick 16.9 miles”
Day 40 – Bawdsey to Beaumont Quay 20.4 miles
9th August 2020 Robert dropped us at Bawdsey at 9:15 and we headed down to the coast path. I had noticed on my route-planning software that the coast path followed the road at this stage. However, my map showed a coast path along the cliff top and so off we went. The path was quiteContinue reading “Day 40 – Bawdsey to Beaumont Quay 20.4 miles”
Update on Progress
In August, after a very long time off walking due to Covid 19, we were at last able to restart our coast walk. Fortunately my sister Rosemary and her husband Robert who live in Maldon kindly offered to host us for this section of the walk. This meant that we would have no concerns aboutContinue reading “Update on Progress”
Day 39 – Ramsholt Dock to Melton 8.5 miles
Tuesday 24th March 2020 I awoke feeling decidedly down. Last night Boris Johnson announced the lock down. It seemed we could not complete our walk. However, looking at the map, we could complete a circular walk and get us back to the car without involving a taxi or public transport. We knew that on ourContinue reading “Day 39 – Ramsholt Dock to Melton 8.5 miles”
Day 38 – Snape Maltings to Ramsholt Docks 21.2 miles
Monday 23rd March 2020 Our walking days are numbered but we are determined to finish this leg before retreating to Bishopdale and isolating ourselves, relatively speaking. Today we were going to have to compromise on our coast walking. To walk the eight miles down Orford Ness and back again seemed a bit silly and ifContinue reading “Day 38 – Snape Maltings to Ramsholt Docks 21.2 miles”
Day 37 – Walberswick to Snape Maltings 17.8 miles
Sunday 22nd March 2020 This morning we awoke to clear blue skies and the weather forecast suggested that it would persist not only for today but for several days to come. We had breakfast at 7.00 and by 8.00 we were being driven back to Walberswick to restart our walk. We walked down the pathContinue reading “Day 37 – Walberswick to Snape Maltings 17.8 miles”
Day 36 – Kessingland to Walberswick 13.5 miles
Saturday 21st March 2020 Today was planned to be shorter day and much to Jill’s relief (after several missed promises by me; I should have been a politician) it was a shorter day. We left the deserted Premier Inn soon after 8.00. The Beefeater restaurant was closed which didn’t matter because we had our ownContinue reading “Day 36 – Kessingland to Walberswick 13.5 miles”
Day 35 Great Yarmouth to Kessingland 17.3 miles
Friday 20th March 2020 This morning we had our simple breakfast in our room and then set off. We crossed the peninsula to the river side and walked up the road past the industrial enclosures until we reached the bridge over the River Yare. We crossed by the road bridge which gave views down theContinue reading “Day 35 Great Yarmouth to Kessingland 17.3 miles”
Day 34 Sea Palling to Great Yarmouth 16.5 miles
Thursday 19th March 2020 Today had the prospect of lacking variety according to the map at least. In prospect was a long, sandy beach with dunes or cliffs to landward. We drove to Sea Palling and left the car right by the ramp to the sea wall on the double yellow lines which are notContinue reading “Day 34 Sea Palling to Great Yarmouth 16.5 miles”
Just Coasting 