On Monday the 24th October 2011 I set off from Highview Grange Park in Great Clacton for a bike ride on my old Mountain bike that is usually reserved for my winter commutes in the snow. But not wanting to leave a high value bike locked up outside a caravan in all weathers for the week, I opted to use the MTB.
Struggling with a cold, high winds and a heavy old bike with knobbly tyres and limited amount of gears this made the journey difficult.A total of about 32 miles from Great Clacton to Dovercourt and Harwich and back.
Along the way I passed many a pretty cottage as you can see....................
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| Little Clacton |
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Travelling through
Thorpe-Le-Soken and
Beaumont Cum Moze pass loads of pretty fields, on this ride I saw Sparrowhawks, Buzzards, Pheasants, Lapwings, Patridges and more......
Passed more cottages.....you forget how small our ancestors were, just look at how small the doors are !!
A little further along there were fields and fields of cabbages, probably all be pinched if growing around where I live lol.... should imagine a smell kicks up after a heavy rain!!
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| Glimpse of the sea in the distance |
And finally down into Dovercourt.......
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| View from Dovercourt to Harwich and beyond to Felixstowe with its cranes |
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| The new Higher light Lighhouse |
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| View of the lower light lighthouse through the legs of the new higher light lighthouse. |
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| View of the Original Higher light Lighthouse (Now disused) |
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| Any ideas what this is? |
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| View from Harwich across to Felixstowe |
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| Fisherman busy fixing his nets |
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The
foot ferry that takes people across to Shotley and Felixstowe had stopped running for the season , which was a shame.
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| Foresters The oldest house in Harwich circa 1450 |
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On the way back, I followed the same route and eventually arrived back on the site knackered!
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