Blackwater Rail Trail

We tried to walk on Blackwater Rail Trail today. It's the former Witham to Maldon railway, which operated from 1848 and closed 1966, and is now a cycle/walkway. Without having a map, we thought we would complete this walk because we found the sign of Blackwater Rail Trail, and you just follow the River Brain and the River Blackwater.

It was a lovely day. There was no muddy part like before when we walked on John Ray Path. The beautiful sunshine and cool breaze made us feel refreshed. We passed by a bridge and kept going.

We came across the junction of two rivers; the River Brain (right) and the River Blackwater (left), but there wasn't a bridge to cross the river. We went back the same way until the bridge.

This way maybe one of the paths that leads to the right way, but we kept going along the river.

Something is strange... We walked through brushes... Is this right way? We got lost??

Direction was right, but eventually we failed this time... we decided to go back to the town centre of Witham to have a coffee...  Anyway, it was a nice walking. We walked about 2 hours and half. When you go walking, I recommend you to have a map...