ם weekend walks

wet grey windy drizzly Saturday?

perfect day to visit 

Canvey Island

for a flickr meeting of the Shabby Seaside Appreciation Society:

some members travelled down from London

mad fools:

what a treat?

we strolled along the sea wall:

this concrete construction blocks any sea views from beyond:

we braved the rain and the cold:

walking past the caravan site to a pub beyond the 

oil refinery *there in the distance*

it was good to meet some new people and explore

Canvey and it's bleakness:

Sunday saw better weather:

we drove to Burnham-on-Crouch to have lunch with

my friend Sandra:

another stroll to walk off soup + bread + cheese

followed by chocolate cheesecake *yUm*

Findlay showed us his base:

the cow parsley grows profusely here:

the smell takes me back to sunnier days:

it was quiet on the front:

too cold for many:

Findlays favourite shop:

then back to Sandra's for a cuppa and a natter:

I love the shabby seaside: