Walk The Essex Way - Stage7
STAGE SEVEN; GREAT TEY - GREAT HORKESLEY
*It's our own stage.
We started from Great Tey Church where we finished last time. It was a good day for walking because of fresh air. Sometimes sun came out from the clouds and made me feel hot.
The first part of our stage 7 was the route we walked before, so we didn't really take the possibility of making mistake seriously. But actually we made a mistake soon. We saw the footpath sign, but we didn't check the map because it wasn't the Essex Way sign. Don't lose focus! Different season, different view.
We saw green barley when we started to walk the Essex Way, but now it has turned into golden brown and some fields are harvested. We crossed over the railway line.
At the farm, dogs came towards us and barked. (Please go away). Again, I don't like dogs very much because of my childhood experiences. I always try not to show my mind and fear in front of dogs. They were relatively big, but OK. Phew...
We went through the gate and walked a beautiful field.
A farmer was working so hard.
We remembered that we got lost inthis area before. It was early spring I suppose. I was wearing ankle-length jeans and normal trainers that day. And unexpectedly we walked there. The nettles had just started to grow and attacked my ankle... So we paid attention not to make the same mistake.
We passed fir tree plantation for Christmas.
Passed the pub, we entered the Fordham Hall Estate where is woodland creation site. This area was nice and friendly for walkers. There were some benches, handmade sign poles.
I'd never seen the sign for the pub. :)
We reached to the St. Mary's old church in West Bergholt which is maintained by the Friends of Friendless Churches who cares for historic and redundant places of worship in England and Wales.
We left the church and started to walk again. We missed the path of the field once, but corrected the route.
The map and the direction weren't clear, we struggled to find the way to orchards. But everything was OK. Passed the orchard and reached to Great Horkesley. The bus services to Colchester North Station are very good from here. All in all, it was a peaceful pleasant walk.
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*It's our own stage.
We started from Great Tey Church where we finished last time. It was a good day for walking because of fresh air. Sometimes sun came out from the clouds and made me feel hot.
The first part of our stage 7 was the route we walked before, so we didn't really take the possibility of making mistake seriously. But actually we made a mistake soon. We saw the footpath sign, but we didn't check the map because it wasn't the Essex Way sign. Don't lose focus! Different season, different view.
We saw green barley when we started to walk the Essex Way, but now it has turned into golden brown and some fields are harvested. We crossed over the railway line.
At the farm, dogs came towards us and barked. (Please go away). Again, I don't like dogs very much because of my childhood experiences. I always try not to show my mind and fear in front of dogs. They were relatively big, but OK. Phew...
We went through the gate and walked a beautiful field.
A farmer was working so hard.
We remembered that we got lost inthis area before. It was early spring I suppose. I was wearing ankle-length jeans and normal trainers that day. And unexpectedly we walked there. The nettles had just started to grow and attacked my ankle... So we paid attention not to make the same mistake.
We passed fir tree plantation for Christmas.
Passed the pub, we entered the Fordham Hall Estate where is woodland creation site. This area was nice and friendly for walkers. There were some benches, handmade sign poles.
I'd never seen the sign for the pub. :)
We reached to the St. Mary's old church in West Bergholt which is maintained by the Friends of Friendless Churches who cares for historic and redundant places of worship in England and Wales.
We left the church and started to walk again. We missed the path of the field once, but corrected the route.
The map and the direction weren't clear, we struggled to find the way to orchards. But everything was OK. Passed the orchard and reached to Great Horkesley. The bus services to Colchester North Station are very good from here. All in all, it was a peaceful pleasant walk.
