7th August 2014
The start was a conversation between Ebb Tide and myself, sometime in January or early February 2012. It went as follows;
Me; ‘’D’you fancy walking round the Essex Coast?’
E.T.; ‘’Yup’’.
By the end of February we were off, and the walks that followed are the subject of these posts. Over the past couple of years we’ve walked the Coasts of Essex and Suffolk as well as the length of the Stour Valley.
Many thanks to people who continue to follow this blog and to those who have commented and provided information. Do get in touch if you want any information about any of the places we have walked. Place a query in the ‘comment’ box of the relevant post and I will reply direct to your email address.
Thank you for reading, but do keep Rebecca Solnit’s cautionary words in mind;
To hear about walking from people whose only claim on our attention is to have walked far is like getting one’s advice on food from people whose only credentials come from winning pie-eating contests. Quantity is not everything.
From February 2015, as we head down the Lea valley to points beyond, the blog will become more of a photo journal.
The Essex Coast 
A great blog,. I really enjoyed reading about your walks round Suffolk and some of Essex too, although we all know there be dragons over the border. So I don’ t stray far over into Essex on my walks.
I have just discovered your website, which I think is great. Are you still going walking? Have you ever made any sound recordings on your travels? Or is that something you would consider doing? At the Essex Sound and Video Archive, we are working on a project about Essex sounds, called You Are Hear: sound and a sense of place. Among other things, we are asking people to contribute sounds of Essex to our online audio map. Can you get in touch with me if that is something you would consider doing? Thanks, and best wishes.