Miles 16.32
Elevation 62 Feet
Time 5:30 minutes
Leaving the mobile home at 7.54 we are heading to St Osyth where we will be staying on a house boat, a first for both of us.
With a light wind warm wind coming in off the sea blowing in our faces we stroll along the promenade nice easy Walking, past colourful beach huts and lovely sandy beaches ⛱️ looking for sharks teeth as we go but we didn't find any.
Coming into Clacton on sea the pier jutting out into the sea a lovely holiday feel with the slot machines wiring, playing their music tempting the customer in.
Leaving Clacton we continue along towards Jaywick having heard about Jaywick we are intrigued to see it for ourselves, some of the properties are well looked after while others not & some burnt out,
Feeling a little sad that in this day & age there can be such a split society them that have and them that don't & a government just looking to fill their own pockets putting in place vote winning plans rather than taking everyone to a better place. The people we saw were very pleasant with the walkers Conversation.
Leaving Jaywick We are diverted to pass a massive sea wall reinforcement & height adjustment project raising the height to hold back the rising sea water for another fifty years at a cost of 15 million pounds.
We are not sure what they were doing but some of the workers were in hasmat protective suits.
Continuing along the path past the sailor boy club house on the mobile home park we stop on a bench to eat our sandwiches.
With renewed vigour we set off again towards lee-over-sands where we start the path through the wetlands with beautiful reeds and rushes contrasting colours making a beautiful background.
An oddity among the houses ready for the rising sea level.
The sun is now free from clouds ⛅️ with the house boat with in reach we stop off at the local nisa to stock up on supplies for the evening & breakfast.
Arriving at the house boat greeted by Teresa who showed us where everything was, a total contrast to yesterday's accommodation.
The boat is beautiful everything you could need e even a lovely deep bath!
We expect the tide at around midnight so another first, going up in the world!
The route
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