Part 1
An early morning as Reggie needed to have his ablutions... I had a lie in for a few minutes and Claire took him out. He was a little out of sorts but still ate his breakfast.
After breakfast we had a few false starts on our walk. The idea was to check out the dog walk. Firstly we forgot a poo bag. Then treats for Reggie. Both sorted. We still forgot his water bowl...
In then we walked on the beach to West Mersea. Past hundreds of beach huts at the neighbouring Park Dean Park and then the privately owned ones that line the coast. Sometimes on the incline they are four deep! The highest number I saw was 602 and there were quite a few more that we didn't walk past ..
We decided to have a coffee. The Two Sugars Café was cash only. I had none. 😮 Claire hadn't brought her purse. 😲
We checked Google Maps to see where the nearest supermarket was and set off. It was mostly on road but not much traffic.
It was a Co-op. Cash machine raided and I bought a meal deal. As it was barely much above the price of a bottle of water and a Dairy Milk bar. The chicken mayo sandwich and hula-hoops were a bonus.
Once back on the beach we lightened the load by eating the sandwich and hula-hoops. Reggie didn't want the water even from the washed oyster shell we had selected. More of oyster shell art later!
The beach here is covered in wild oyster shells. Hardly any looking like the ones found (and farmed) that all look alike.
We arrived back at Two Sugars. A coffee and Eccles Cake each later and we were fit to walk back. My Strava showed 2.91 miles.
Walking on the beach is a little challenging in places. The soft sand strains the calves.The tide was moving in and so the hard sand we had walked out on had been covered with sea.
When we got back to the Park Dean site we opted to walk on the public footpath that goes down behind the beach huts. Much easier. We had a look into a couple of the static caravans that they gave for sale. Prices ranging from £76995 upwards.
We arrived back at the Moho with 3.95 miles showing on Strava.
Our arrival time yesterday was 3pm. We were looking forward to a couple of hours in our splendid isolation, but by 1.30pm newcomers had started arriving. Caravans to each side but with an empty pitch ❤️ between us. Luckily no one backing on to us.... Yet.
More later and pictures added when I have internet signal greater than H+!!!!
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