St. John the Baptist Church at Layer, and Essex Wildlife Trust at Abberton Reservoir

The weather has been really cold recently, but finally today it warmed up enough for us to go out for a bike ride.First we went to Layer de la Haye. We cycled through Abbey Fields and then past Merville Barracks and  up Layer Road. We went past the sad sight of the old Layer Road Football [...]

A drive through autumn glory

Autumn is a great time of the year to be out and about in the Essex countryside. The leaves on the trees and in the hedgerows are changing colour to beautiful reds and golds and the light is golden and seems to blow in the wind. Dedham is probably the most famous Essex village, but [...]