The Good
In the morning we took Brody to Swan and Cygnet woods in Stock. Somewhere different for him and for us. It is ancient woodland with many large old trees, which keeps the floor nice an clear of brambles and nettles (not enough light).
Clear paths and old fallen trees make this wood an easy place to walk around
Some of it is steep(ish) so benches are available.
The Bad and the Ugly
In the afternoon we drove to Crays Hill after dropping some recycling items off at Barleylands. We parked in the car park for the children's play area, and headed off down the footpath that runs along side it. Almost immediately we saw much more than the usual amount of rubbish on the side of the path. Our guide is quite old, so it wasn't a surprise that a 'farm track' was now a fully tarmaced road. Down here there were several instances of fly tipping, some very old tyres, some of which were on very old car wheels, and the remains of old kitchen units. The rubbish along the side of the road was unbelievable.
Somewhere along that road there was supposed to be a footpath across the fields but we couldn't find it. We ended up on the A127, walking east, and finaly turned off up a quieter road. The next path we had to follow was waymarked with a 'Basildon Health Walks' marker. Not having the secateurs with us meant we could not cut our way through the path that was completely overgrown, thus proving that there are no healthy people in Basildon! We made our way back to the car park by the quickest route we could find.
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