Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum

Just a note about our short visit to Mark’s Hall Gardens and Arboretum last Sunday. We dropped by to visit their Christmas Farmer’s Market. It was £2 per car to get in, but we didn’t feel there was enough value for money from the market even at that low price!

In contrast to previous visits to their regular [...]

A light lunch at The Anchor Inn, Nayland

The early sun caught dozens of spiderwebs spun between the iron railings of the Recreation Road this morning – and me without my camera! So a photo of Jumbo from the roof of the St. Mary’s cark park in Colchester will have to suffice as evidence of the crisp loveliness.
Christmas shopping over, it was the [...]

8th Harwich and Dovercourt Winter Ale Festival

If you were compiling a list of the places to go in Essex, you probably wouldn’t see Harwich and Dovercourt at the top of the list. And Harwich and Dovercourt and a chilly December day wouldn’t be seen as a particularly enticing combination. Well, after today I can safely say that we’ll be pencilling in December [...]