John I really look forward to your video on the middle part of the Essex Way as I've just moved to Colchester after 13 years in east London, that I got to know so much better thanks to your channel. I wanted to save this one till I'd actually made the move. Can't wait till you visit Essex again.
I remember the film Witchfinder General, possibly the first "English Western" beautiful Essex and Suffolk countryside and Haunting Musical score. Thanks John.
Dovercourt, once home to Warners holiday camp where many of the outdoor scenes in Hi-De-Hi were filmed; whilst Harwich boasts the 1808 Redoubt Fort and also the 1911 Electric Palace cinema. At 28:24 you can just make out the 1720 Naze Tower over at Walton-On-Naze.
The hidi hi camp was also used as a holding station for the children as part of the kinder transport. It's now a housing estate. But Harwich and Dovercourt are overlooked historical places.
I really enjoyed this walk, such a different landscape, really expansive and beautiful, I loved the path through the wheat field towards the windmill with that ominous sky. Glad the storm avoided you, and wonderful to end near the sea
Loved this one, mainly because its somewhere I can relate to being an Essex chap, if you remember a few months ago I suggested a walk around Canvey Island, maybe you would honour us sometime soon for a walk around the Isle with its diverse landscapes and history both recent and much older, also some tantalising watering places en route.
Glad those industrial buildings in Mistley are still there. Used to be maltings, some derelict and some still in use when I was last there in the late '80s. Would be lovely if the renewed interest in beer and brewing led to a greater interest in traditional malting. Cheers!
Thank you for an inspiring walk John. Pleasant to see a view of the sea, I remember in the 1960's my sister and her then boyfriend Colin used to visit Dovercourt on a regular basis. Bob.
A real pleasure to watch and reminisce given that I spent much of my childhood and teenage years in this part of the world prior to emigrating to New Zealand with my parents in 1972. I think I was meant to see this as it popped out of nowhere while I was searching for information on a completely different topic - a serendipitous moment, I guess! Well-edited and the interesting commentary makes this a pleasure to watch. Thank you for sharing your odyssey and best wishes from Robert Beckett in Auckland, Zealand!
Your walk today reminded me of the many long distance footpaths to be enjoyed in England like it’s a national pastime ;) Very enjoyable walk this one just beautiful thank you.
Perfect end to the walk in Harwich along the beautifully estuary … echoes of the River Crouch mooch but thankfully with rations and plenty of daylight …. Loved it 🌟
Suggestions? I would really like to see a walk from Amersham to Little Missenden and High Wycombe. I'm curious about what the area looks like and its history, since a branch of my family lived in those places at least as far back as the mid 1500s. Better still, it would be a blast to tag along if I'm up to it, though that would take considerable planning, being on the opposite side of the planet.
Peter Finch. Hello Peter, you’ve described an area I walk through quite often. It’s good walking in all seasons, but the Chilterns are something to behold during summer. I get the metropolitan line to Amersham station, which is in what’s really a Victorian new town that sprung up around it. A short down down the hill takes you to Old Amersham, which is a very pretty coaching town - still evident from its broad high street and number of inns. The houses are often 15thC on one side, but curiously Georgian on the other. The reason is simply that the river runs down the Georgian side, and it was only they who worked out how to manage its frequent flooding. The walk to Little Missenden is over gently undulating ground, and Little Missenden itself has a church with the most inspired sound and light show to illustrate its medieval wall paintings. It really is worth a visit. Around 3 miles from there, is Great Missenden, where Roald Dahl lived much of his adult life. It also has a mainline station, which can take you back to Amersham to rejoin the metropolitan line. I really hope you’ll get to visit and enjoy walking the area one day. I’d highly recommend it. Best, Duncan
Thanks John just bought your book and looking forward to reading it ..I was born in Islington in 1939 and the family moved away in 1961 did my national service. I have always looked on London as my home.
Only recently discovered your videos but can't get enough of them now. I'm in Australia and when you reached Mistily Heath my first thought was look out for the snakes! there but at least we don't have to put up with stinging nettles, so I suppose it's swings and roundabouts or snakes and nettles in this case.
Hello John. nice to see you doing The Essex Way, I have done this section 3rd of April this year. We started from Harwich to Manningtree then towards section by section to Epping Station. I have done sections of 82 miles walk only left one section about 8 miles Peppers Green to Chipping Ongar. I am right now doing South Downs Way, last Saturday had done Winchester to Petersfield. But I would not recommend any one who have got bad knee. Please wish me well that I could finish South Downs Way. Thank you very much. I wish you good luck.
Good movie John I never tire of them, thanks. A tip I was always told to walk on side facing the on coming traffic that way you stand a chance of jumping out of way, thats from my walking days around wooburn, loudwater and Frackell (you will know where I mean) lol.
Loved your video and walk . I’ve lived in Harwich for 7 years now , before that I enjoyed a few decades of rambling and birdwatching the Suffolk coast . Lately however I have been beset by a post-Covid lower spinal problem which has all but removed my ability to walk any distance . However I am beginning to get some treatment and your video has inspired and added to my determination to get me legs going again , strap on my boots and hike on down to the wonderful Stour estuary . Many thanks , happy trails ! 👍😎👏
This is my neck of the woods - I live in Dovercourt - a couple miles outside Harwich proper - those little terraces at Mistley go for a kings ransome - That 'factory' is Mistley Maltings! They make all the malt for the brewers and other industries - Sadly the area is being blighted by new development -The Nature Reserve was a depot during the second world war - Harwich International is the 'new' name for Parkeston Quay that was - it merely confuses visitors - because it is about three miles from Harwich. Where you were standing at the bottom of the steps is called Erlhams Beach. The boat train from Liverpool St that Sherlock Holmes speaks of - the running gag is Harwich for the Continent - Frinton for the Incontinent! I live just behind those Lighthouses. You never appreciate where you live until someone sees it through fresh eyes. Thanks for that!
Awesome walk John - me and my missus love the coast so the wide estuary vistas and sea to end your walk in that fantastic evening light much appreciated. Hope you wore some tick repellent walking through all that undergrowth in your shorts!
Your excellent walk reminds me of a walk I did about 20 years ago, called to Centenary Walk. It runs for 15 miles from Manor Park to Epping and was created in 1978 to mark the Centenary of the Act that gave Epping Forest to the people. When I did the walk I was living in Surrey and did it in two sections; Manor Park to Chingford and Chingford to Epping. I remember some of the signage wasn't very good but they may have improved it since then. Of course, the opposite could have happened!
I always love your country walks. This one was especially spectacular. Even if I did have to curb the impulse to hit pause every other frame so I could paint every marvelous view. (Watch it through once before I go still-by-still, right?) You always show us something new and familiar and beautiful. Thanks for that and for making Sunday evenings something to look forward to.
Thanks Ridgely - there did seem something special about this walk, the moody sky, the wheat fields then the sea with the sleepy town at the end. I can send you some stills if you like
@@JohnRogersWalks Oh my goodness, thank you! I would love that. But only if it isn't too much of a bother. I can always rely on the pause button if it is. Especially since there were so many. It was literally a visual tasting menu, the kind where you can't quite remember the delicacy you just had because the current dish is so delicious.
A lovely walk. Thank you, John. Like you I detest walking on roads and it is particularly galling when an official long distance path like the the Essex Way dumps walkers onto a road without, at the very least, providing a safe mown path on the verge.
Beautiful walk. You've inspired my partner (originally from Essex) and I to walk this part of The Essex Way. Such a fascinating landscape and quite undiscovered. Estuaries always appeal but this section is so very varied. An entertaining, engaging and attractive walk.
Oh wow John what a magnificent walk . The magnificent Essex way countryside teasing you to the end where you know the sea will be at Harwich . I’m so glad you got to make it the seafront a perfect end to a beautiful walk. Ticked all the boxes for me . 😊👍
Very late viewing for me this week John but we’ll worth the wait And it would not have been complete without a sun warmed baguette. Thanks for taking us on that long and beautiful walk All the best 👍🏻
Beautiful--I love a walk that ends at the sea! So romantic. Also, those first fields are wheat. You can tell the difference between wheat and barley because barley has a longer bristle (or "beard") extending out from the kernel. Later on, around the 19-minute mark (and the "wheat field" at around 24:40), that looks like rye, as it's got the *really* long beard. Barley is somewhere in between the two in terms of beard length. But there are a lot of hybrids out there as well, so it can be hard to tell sometimes. However, as "corn" is an old word for grain in general, you could also argue that you're justified in calling them all "corn fields." :D
Lovely lovely walk John and so nice to see the sea at the end as the sun was setting...I seem to recall that during the war people left East London and the docks and moved to huts built along the estuaries and I think you spotted some.... they built little self help communities which were gradually abandoned in the fifties
Hi john another relaxed evening watching and listening to your walks brilliant and soothing. Have you walked around the lea valley lakes and marshes here where I live in cheshunt also paradise park and its forests, that would be interesting. Look forward to watching more and stay well John this is the best and most interesting viewing, thankyou, nick.
I loved doing this walk. We ended up at the New Bell Inn which to our delight happened to be having a beer festival! Another Essex one I recommend is Thorpe-le-soken up to the far left corner of Hamford water, then along the edge of it to Walton (then optionally loop round the Naze for some cliffs). Also, Allhallows to Gravesend (or vice versa) along Thames is great (7h walk!), Herne Bay to Margate and any section from Folkestone to Ramsgate along the coast is great and cliffy (apart from sandwich/deal which are quite flat but still lovely).
A brilliant walk, love the out of London ones you do. So quiet there too by the looks of it. I walked 20 miles around St David's in Pembrokeshire recently, so rewarding to have the landscape reveal itself to you. We are so lucky to have such a great coastline in this country. Cheers, Tim.
Nice to see you up our neck of the woods John! The factory you walked through in Mistley is the EDME Maltings. Next time you may consider turning right out of Manningtree station and heading into Constable country, it's virtually all field and track all the way to Flatford mill and Dedham. Just make sure you allow plenty of time to get back to Manningtree station as there are no trains . EDME have an old London barge named after them and it is a splendid sight as it sails around the Stour and Colne rivers, it's rusty brown sails can be seen a way off.
Beautiful, truly enjoyed that as if I'd walked it myself...I'm an old city boy but the wide, incomprehensible Essex distance is something I have grown to love...great stuff as always, sir!
Excellent Stream John, you are so knowledgeable. I have never been to Manningtree, it looks a lovely place I will put it on my to go to list. Looking forward to your next stream Stay safe Best wishes Lee 👍🏻😁
Back from a week on the east coast (North Bay, Bridlington). Enjoyed a cuppa, watching this walk. Some interesting architecture and historical buildings. I particularly like the Essex Way lighthouse.
Lovely walk outside the M25, wonderful to see the sleepy villages, the river and the port, and of course The Witchfinder General most intriguing , hope you had a nice trip back to London and didn't get flooded, see you soon my friend 🌈☔☯️☮️
Loved it, you get immersed in it just watching.
Quality videos Who needs a TV License when you can chill watching this guy Many Thanks
John I really look forward to your video on the middle part of the Essex Way as I've just moved to Colchester after 13 years in east London, that I got to know so much better thanks to your channel. I wanted to save this one till I'd actually made the move. Can't wait till you visit Essex again.
Good old John , he never disappoints.
Thanks. One of the few RUclipsrs whose videos I watch from the beginning to the end and always a pleasure. Great stuff
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this John. Your commentary is excellent.
I remember the film Witchfinder General, possibly the first "English Western" beautiful Essex and Suffolk countryside and Haunting Musical score. Thanks John.
The weekend is complete!!
Dovercourt, once home to Warners holiday camp where many of the outdoor scenes in Hi-De-Hi were filmed; whilst Harwich boasts the 1808 Redoubt Fort and also the 1911 Electric Palace cinema. At 28:24 you can just make out the 1720 Naze Tower over at Walton-On-Naze.
The hidi hi camp was also used as a holding station for the children as part of the kinder transport. It's now a housing estate. But Harwich and Dovercourt are overlooked historical places.
Ho-de-Ho!
I really enjoyed this walk, such a different landscape, really expansive and beautiful, I loved the path through the wheat field towards the windmill with that ominous sky. Glad the storm avoided you, and wonderful to end near the sea
My mother used to mention Dovercourt as an old holiday destination and I know now where it is!
Great vid, keep it up!
My annual watch so it seems. I love this walk so much! Great video. Many thanks for showing us this beautiful seaside gem!
Wonderful walk! Beautiful seaside ending. Thanks for sharing your day.
Thanks for another lovely ramble ⭐️
My pleasure David - thanks for watching
Loved this one, mainly because its somewhere I can relate to being an Essex chap, if you remember a few months ago I suggested a walk around Canvey Island, maybe you would honour us sometime soon for a walk around the Isle with its diverse landscapes and history both recent and much older, also some tantalising watering places en route.
Second that Keef. And a little bit of the Dr on the soundtrack would make me feel, er, good. C'mon John!
Yet again I didn't get a notification but found it now time to settle down and watch this walk
Great walk John, just watched it again, thanks
Glad those industrial buildings in Mistley are still there. Used to be maltings, some derelict and some still in use when I was last there in the late '80s. Would be lovely if the renewed interest in beer and brewing led to a greater interest in traditional malting. Cheers!
Edme are still going strong in Mistley: www.edme.com/
I love Snape Maltings, a beautiful place. 😍
I think those were barley fields, so that would be good
Thank you for an inspiring walk John. Pleasant to see a view of the sea, I remember in the 1960's my sister and her then boyfriend Colin used to visit Dovercourt on a regular basis. Bob.
A real pleasure to watch and reminisce given that I spent much of my childhood and teenage years in this part of the world prior to emigrating to New Zealand with my parents in 1972.
I think I was meant to see this as it popped out of nowhere while I was searching for information on a completely different topic - a serendipitous moment, I guess!
Well-edited and the interesting commentary makes this a pleasure to watch. Thank you for sharing your odyssey and best wishes from Robert Beckett in Auckland, Zealand!
Your walk today reminded me of the many long distance footpaths to be enjoyed in England like it’s a national pastime ;) Very enjoyable walk this one just beautiful thank you.
What a beautiful walk, thanks for taking me along👍👍👍
Thanks Simon - my pleasure
Great walk!
Most delightful video , next best thing to going there .
Perfect end to the walk in Harwich along the beautifully estuary … echoes of the River Crouch mooch but thankfully with rations and plenty of daylight …. Loved it 🌟
Suggestions? I would really like to see a walk from Amersham to Little Missenden and High Wycombe. I'm curious about what the area looks like and its history, since a branch of my family lived in those places at least as far back as the mid 1500s. Better still, it would be a blast to tag along if I'm up to it, though that would take considerable planning, being on the opposite side of the planet.
Peter Finch. Hello Peter, you’ve described an area I walk through quite often. It’s good walking in all seasons, but the Chilterns are something to behold during summer. I get the metropolitan line to Amersham station, which is in what’s really a Victorian new town that sprung up around it. A short down down the hill takes you to Old Amersham, which is a very pretty coaching town - still evident from its broad high street and number of inns. The houses are often 15thC on one side, but curiously Georgian on the other. The reason is simply that the river runs down the Georgian side, and it was only they who worked out how to manage its frequent flooding. The walk to Little Missenden is over gently undulating ground, and Little Missenden itself has a church with the most inspired sound and light show to illustrate its medieval wall paintings. It really is worth a visit. Around 3 miles from there, is Great Missenden, where Roald Dahl lived much of his adult life. It also has a mainline station, which can take you back to Amersham to rejoin the metropolitan line. I really hope you’ll get to visit and enjoy walking the area one day. I’d highly recommend it. Best, Duncan
I could watch your videos all day. Very enjoyable content. Well done!
Thanks Steve
Another Rogers delight ...... brilliant. Cheers from Newquay .... to the Leytonstone massif.
Cheers Paul
What a great walk John - these are my 'end of the weekend' treats. Thank you so much for sharing...
Thanks John just bought your book and looking forward to reading it ..I was born in Islington in 1939 and the family moved away in 1961 did my national service. I have always looked on London as my home.
What a walk! I've never been to Harwich, must plan a day there. :)
I hear your voice then I hear the backing music and I just relax. Please never change the music or the way you talk about your walks.
your videos are very calming to watch. Thankyou
Only recently discovered your videos but can't get enough of them now. I'm in Australia and when you reached Mistily Heath my first thought was look out for the snakes! there but at least we don't have to put up with stinging nettles, so I suppose it's swings and roundabouts or snakes and nettles in this case.
Hello John. nice to see you doing The Essex Way, I have done this section 3rd of April this year. We started from Harwich to Manningtree then towards section by section to Epping Station. I have done sections of 82 miles walk only left one section about 8 miles Peppers Green to Chipping Ongar. I am right now doing South Downs Way, last Saturday had done Winchester to Petersfield. But I would not recommend any one who have got bad knee. Please wish me well that I could finish South Downs Way. Thank you very much. I wish you good luck.
You make me feel so lazy when all I do is 4 -5 mile walks. You are an inspiration though.
Great walk. Love this part of Essex.
Another wonderful walk through my beloved Essex countryside. Those big skies and the North Sea 8n the distance…… magical!
Thanks for sharing YOUR passion JOHN!!!!!!!!
Good movie John I never tire of them, thanks. A tip I was always told to walk on side facing the on coming traffic that way you stand a chance of jumping out of way, thats from my walking days around wooburn, loudwater and Frackell (you will know where I mean) lol.
Fantastic walk - thank you for letting us come along!
Gorgeaus. I really enjoyed rewatching this. Such a lovely area.
Fantastic walk John. I saw Essex in a new light. Thanks buddy
My pleasure Peter
Thanks for a great film of a walk . Looking forward to the next one 😊🍺
Thanks Jon
Stunning countryside to walk in, what a beautiful place. did anyone else notice at 28:50 the tree looked like a head in profile? :-)
Loved your video and walk . I’ve lived in Harwich for 7 years now , before that I enjoyed a few decades of rambling and birdwatching the Suffolk coast . Lately however I have been beset by a post-Covid lower spinal problem which has all but removed my ability to walk any distance . However I am beginning to get some treatment and your video has inspired and added to my determination to get me legs going again , strap on my boots and hike on down to the wonderful Stour estuary . Many thanks , happy trails ! 👍😎👏
Thanks for that Richard - glad to hear you’re getting some treatment and planning some walks. Best of luck
This is my neck of the woods - I live in Dovercourt - a couple miles outside Harwich proper - those little terraces at Mistley go for a kings ransome - That 'factory' is Mistley Maltings! They make all the malt for the brewers and other industries - Sadly the area is being blighted by new development -The Nature Reserve was a depot during the second world war -
Harwich International is the 'new' name for Parkeston Quay that was - it merely confuses visitors - because it is about three miles from Harwich.
Where you were standing at the bottom of the steps is called Erlhams Beach. The boat train from Liverpool St that Sherlock Holmes speaks of - the running gag is Harwich for the Continent - Frinton for the Incontinent! I live just behind those Lighthouses. You never appreciate where you live until someone sees it through fresh eyes. Thanks for that!
Thanks John, Great walk - cheers mate..
Thanks Ralph
Wow what a walk thanks for taking us to the sea
What a fantastic, amazing walk. Thanks John see you on the next one
Thanks James
ha, the tyke at the end - a future walker like you, john? 😊
Awesome walk John - me and my missus love the coast so the wide estuary vistas and sea to end your walk in that fantastic evening light much appreciated. Hope you wore some tick repellent walking through all that undergrowth in your shorts!
Great walk John thank you
Thanks John for another great video.You are a wonderful travel companion !
Thanks Rick
Great video as always John! Thank you for the ramble.
Cheers David
Another fine walk, thank you John
cheers William
Great walk, I enjoyed that so thank you.
Thanks very much Liz
Beautiful - I didn't know much about that part of England.
Your excellent walk reminds me of a walk I did about 20 years ago, called to Centenary Walk. It runs for 15 miles from Manor Park to Epping and was created in 1978 to mark the Centenary of the Act that gave Epping Forest to the people. When I did the walk I was living in Surrey and did it in two sections; Manor Park to Chingford and Chingford to Epping. I remember some of the signage wasn't very good but they may have improved it since then. Of course, the opposite could have happened!
How embarrassing. I live in Manor Park and never knew about this, thanks for the tip
Love this part of Essex,great stuff John .
Thanks Gary- it’s a wonderful part of the world
Thanks John
A lovely walk , and a great video as usual 👍
Thanks Rich
I always love your country walks. This one was especially spectacular. Even if I did have to curb the impulse to hit pause every other frame so I could paint every marvelous view. (Watch it through once before I go still-by-still, right?) You always show us something new and familiar and beautiful. Thanks for that and for making Sunday evenings something to look forward to.
Thanks Ridgely - there did seem something special about this walk, the moody sky, the wheat fields then the sea with the sleepy town at the end. I can send you some stills if you like
@@JohnRogersWalks Oh my goodness, thank you! I would love that. But only if it isn't too much of a bother. I can always rely on the pause button if it is. Especially since there were so many. It was literally a visual tasting menu, the kind where you can't quite remember the delicacy you just had because the current dish is so delicious.
A lovely walk. Thank you, John. Like you I detest walking on roads and it is particularly galling when an official long distance path like the the Essex Way dumps walkers onto a road without, at the very least, providing a safe mown path on the verge.
It’s very strange Dave, you’d think there’d be some sort of legal requirement to provide safe walking on every road
Much of that land looked like it needed a bit of rain. Glad it held off though. What a dreamy walk.
that was just amazing Thanks John Look forward to the next one "wherever that may be"
Beautiful walk. You've inspired my partner (originally from Essex) and I to walk this part of The Essex Way. Such a fascinating landscape and quite undiscovered. Estuaries always appeal but this section is so very varied. An entertaining, engaging and attractive walk.
I've been to ManningTree once, a lovely place. Here's my suggested walk, do an abandoned railway line walk, so I hear your great commentary.
Oh that’s a great idea George - I have one in mind
so calm the sea but how wild it can be. Lovely walk John. On your own, peace n tranquillity. Most enjoyable.
Thanks John. Enjoyable as always!
Thanks Rob
Ahhh the Sunday treat is here... gonna enjoy this ... thank John
Thank you for another wonderful, interesting, and relaxing video.
Smashing Episode
Fantastic, my neck if the woods. Xx
Brilliant as always
Another fantastic walk John. What a real pleasure it is to accompany you on your journey across such a rich and varied landscape!
Great job John, enjoyed every minute.
What a wonderful walk, reminded me of the Pedders Way in Norfolk. Thankyou for taking us with you John . Much enjoyed !
Oh wow John what a magnificent walk . The magnificent Essex way countryside teasing you to the end where you know the sea will be at Harwich . I’m so glad you got to make it the seafront a perfect end to a beautiful walk. Ticked all the boxes for me . 😊👍
Very late viewing for me this week John but we’ll worth the wait
And it would not have been complete without a sun warmed baguette. Thanks for taking us on that long and beautiful walk
All the best 👍🏻
Cheers Ian - glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful--I love a walk that ends at the sea! So romantic.
Also, those first fields are wheat. You can tell the difference between wheat and barley because barley has a longer bristle (or "beard") extending out from the kernel. Later on, around the 19-minute mark (and the "wheat field" at around 24:40), that looks like rye, as it's got the *really* long beard. Barley is somewhere in between the two in terms of beard length. But there are a lot of hybrids out there as well, so it can be hard to tell sometimes.
However, as "corn" is an old word for grain in general, you could also argue that you're justified in calling them all "corn fields." :D
Lovely lovely walk John and so nice to see the sea at the end as the sun was setting...I seem to recall that during the war people left East London and the docks and moved to huts built along the estuaries and I think you spotted some.... they built little self help communities which were gradually abandoned in the fifties
Hi john another relaxed evening watching and listening to your walks brilliant and soothing.
Have you walked around the lea valley lakes and marshes here where I live in cheshunt also paradise park and its forests, that would be interesting.
Look forward to watching more and stay well John this is the best and most interesting viewing, thankyou, nick.
I loved doing this walk. We ended up at the New Bell Inn which to our delight happened to be having a beer festival! Another Essex one I recommend is Thorpe-le-soken up to the far left corner of Hamford water, then along the edge of it to Walton (then optionally loop round the Naze for some cliffs). Also, Allhallows to Gravesend (or vice versa) along Thames is great (7h walk!), Herne Bay to Margate and any section from Folkestone to Ramsgate along the coast is great and cliffy (apart from sandwich/deal which are quite flat but still lovely).
Many thanks for those recommendations
Thoroughly enjoyed this walk. Really miss the sea.
A brilliant walk, love the out of London ones you do. So quiet there too by the looks of it.
I walked 20 miles around St David's in Pembrokeshire recently, so rewarding to have the landscape reveal itself to you. We are so lucky to have such a great coastline in this country.
Cheers, Tim.
Another great walk.
Cheers Christo
Our neck of the woods John. Thank you 😘😘Although we are actually on the other side of the river we know it well 😁
A lovely walk, John, and yet you seemed to have it all to yourself. Maybe the impending storm frightened people off, or...?
Nice to see you up our neck of the woods John! The factory you walked through in Mistley is the EDME Maltings. Next time you may consider turning right out of Manningtree station and heading into Constable country, it's virtually all field and track all the way to Flatford mill and Dedham. Just make sure you allow plenty of time to get back to Manningtree station as there are no trains . EDME have an old London barge named after them and it is a splendid sight as it sails around the Stour and Colne rivers, it's rusty brown sails can be seen a way off.
Beautiful, truly enjoyed that as if I'd walked it myself...I'm an old city boy but the wide, incomprehensible Essex distance is something I have grown to love...great stuff as always, sir!
Excellent Stream John,
you are so knowledgeable.
I have never been to Manningtree, it looks a lovely place
I will put it on my to go to list.
Looking forward to your next stream
Stay safe
Best wishes
Lee
👍🏻😁
Just stunning, what more can I say!
You are an inspiration. Thanks 🙏🏼
that's very kind of you
Love it...many thanks John
Thanks Bill
Back from a week on the east coast (North Bay, Bridlington). Enjoyed a cuppa, watching this walk. Some interesting architecture and historical buildings. I particularly like the Essex Way lighthouse.
really lovely walk.
thanks Redjacc
Lovely Rural walk to the Stour Estuary and what a perfect finish.So restful and peaceful away from the City and hope that you got home ok.
I got back to Leytonstone in time for wings and pints in the local
Great video and many thanks for producing this. I look forwards to doing the walk!
Another great walk John, I would suggest doing the full Essex way, it's absolutely amazing, a great part of the country.
Lovely walk outside the M25, wonderful to see the sleepy villages, the river and the port, and of course The Witchfinder General most intriguing , hope you had a nice trip back to London and didn't get flooded, see you soon my friend 🌈☔☯️☮️