We should have gone to Belgium in May, but lockdown was at it height, so we cancelled our trip. It would have been an international family gathering. Even though it never happened, we still miss it!
So, instead, we have some time at home and some days out. It's been a long time since we took a walk along the sea wall at Burnham-on-Crouch. Now Brody is not able to walk far we have to leave him behind, so are less keen, I suppose. We arrived in Burnham and parked in the Riverside car park, from there we walked up on to the sea wall and towards the town. Liz and Thomas were with us, so the first stop is the ice cream parlour. Burnham is still coming out of lockdown, there is not as much open as I remember. Ice cream though is always on sale and there were a couple of choices, we went for the one without a queue. The guy selling them went and washed his hands before he served us, and was suitably masked.
Ice cream purchased, our walk along the sea wall, past pubs (some closed), the boatyards with their impossible looking cranes, and any number of impressive boats (yachts?) was as pleasant as ever. Finally, past the town, out into the country, and as always looking to Foulness Island. At one point a huge plume of smoke appeared, we watched as it drifted and disperse, but there was never a sound.
By now I knew that my phone was not going to make it (19% on the battery), if I took a lot of pictures. So I've had to steal one from Liz. It was a warm, pleasant day, not too hot, the estuary was calm.
Some people prefer to ride, we did about 4 miles, so it's understandable
The view back towards the town, this was the last shot I took to preserve the charge.
On the way back we stopped for some food, by now it's after 5pm, the town is almost deserted, with just a few teenagers out on their skate boards. We bought fish and chips from the same places as we had ice cream earlier. The food was very nice.
Then back home with a very tired toddler.
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