Wivenhoe Walk
We've walked five weeks in a row. Amazing... This weekend, we walked alongside the River Colne in Wivenhoe (Essex). Distance was 3 and half miles. Well, distance is getting shorter though... We passed Wivenhoe by train several times, but never stopped off.
We started from the train station, passed church and lovely shops. We popped in Wivenhoe bookshop. Actually, it was a really lovely bookshop. Each of us found a nice book and bought before walking!
I noticed there are many lovely gardens. Each house looks after flowers very well. They were so beautiful and attractive.
Wivenhoe developed as a port, and here was a shipyard site. It looked so muddy.
It is an easy course, but had some ups and downs in the middle of the way.
I succeeded to take a photo of a beautiful blue dragonfly.
On the next field, we could see some people were working.
We also could see horses and sheep, and above our head, 3 paragliders.
It was a nice walk. We passed a gorgeous farmer's house.
Everything was fine for a while. The direction said there is a footpath on the right, although this is EASILY MISSED when the trees are in leaf. So we paid attention trying not to miss the path. But we paid too much attention, we entered into a wrong place...
Never mind... We cross over the gate (sorry) to correct the route.
This big tree has a big hole like a door of the tree house. This must be a children's favourite.
On a way back, trouble happened! Suddenly my trainer rubber sole came unglued... I needed to walk awkwardly, like a soldier's march. I managed it somehow, we came back to the River Colne.
Perfect parachute balls were beautiful.
It was a nice walk. We had a lunch at the pub.
- Route Directions from www.essexwalks.com
