Brightlingsea Circular

Sunday 02 May 2021

We could see across the River Colne to Brightlingsea on a previous walk around Mersea and were intrigued by our companions’ lack of enthusiasm for the town. We thought we would go and check it out with a bit of a walk around Brightlingsea Marsh National Nature Reserve.

Steeple Creek

Sunday 26 July 2020

“Steeple?” said one of our friends. “Why Steeple? There is nothing there!”

Circular Walk from Beeleigh Falls

Sunday 19 July 2020

This weekend we were in Essex again. We were lucky enough to get a pitch on a fantastic campsite and meet up with our friend, Sioban, for a walk in the beautiful Essex countryside.

Mersea Island Circumnavigation

Sunday 12 July 2020

We needed to get out in the Bongo but didn’t want to travel too far with all of the lockdown restrictions. Quite by chance, I saw a post on a Facebook group one evening, and after a brief exchange of messages on Facebook, I had managed to book us on to a campsite that I had never heard of before located in a part of Essex I had never heard of before.

Socially Distant in Shoreham

Saturday 20 June 2020

Like many, we have not walked for months. During the ‘lock-down’, imposed as a result of coronavirus, we managed to walk around the local estate for an hour a day for exercise and, on one occasion, we even managed a six-mile walk to a small village next to us. But these were not ‘proper’ walks.

Minster to Sheerness

Sunday 26 January 2020

A drive out to Minster in the Bongo is not as bad as some might think. I am not entirely sure what this stigma is with the Isle of Sheppey, not being a local, but I find Minster quite a nice place to park up and stroll along the coast a little.

Mud Ado About Hadham

Sunday 12 January 2020

Much Hadham is a small quintessentially English village in the Hertfordshire countryside that is slightly west of Stanstead Airport and perhaps, more importantly, the starting point of the first Team South East walk of 2020.

Dungeness to Rye

Sunday 06 October 2019

At 6 am I woke up to the sound of engines starting. Some of my neighbours were moving on. My attention then moved on to the crazed tapping on the roof of ‘Bianca Bongo’. It was raining. Heavily.

Folkestone to Dungeness

Saturday 05 October 2019

It has been five and a half years since I was last at Folkestone. Since then, I had tried a few times to sort out a walk from Folkestone to Rye, but each time I was unable to find affordable accommodation and wild camping options didn’t really appeal to me either. The area around Dungeness is a completely open shingle beach with no shelter from the elements and nowhere private too, well, you know.

Orchard Pods

Saturday 28 September 2019

After a comfortable night in the Bongo on the Isle of Sheppey, Susan and I made our way over to Queenborough to do a little exploring. It was my first time on Sheppey and I was finding the whole area fascinating.

Bongo Life – Isle of Sheppey

Friday 27 September 2019

We have owned Bianca Bongo for just over two weeks now and have been itching to spend the night out in her. Unfortunately, we had a bunch of pre-arranged commitments preventing us from getting away but this evening we have managed to sneak out!

North Downs Way – Cuxton to Wrotham

Sunday 31 March 2019

Not long after my previous adventure on the North Downs Way, I had the opportunity to do another section while everyone else was out for the day.

Egypt Bay from High Halstow Circular

Saturday 23 March 2019

Egypt Bay. Sounds exotic, distant, possibly even fictitious. A make-believe location in an imaginary land far, far away.

Backpacking on the North Downs Way – Thurnham to Wye

Sunday 17 March 2019

I woke a few times during the night. Every couple of hours or so the wind would really hit the tent and the roar of the wind and sound of the fabric going taught would wake me up. I am pleased to say that the tent didn’t flex or shake and seemed very stable. I would look at the time on my phone and just roll over and go back to sleep. I seem to know when I still have some sleep left in me and when I don’t.

That was about 4:50 am. I woke up to silence. Well, it seemed

Backpacking on the North Downs Way – Cuxton to Thurnham

Saturday 16 March 2019

Backpacking in the South East of England is not a particularly easy pastime especially if you want to walk for several days at a time and camp at the end of each day. There are very few campsites where you need them to be and most of them do not really cater for the one night backpacker anyway.

Wild camping in England and Wales, with the exception of some areas

Tilbury Power Station Demolition

Thursday 14 March 2019

This morning I took a little walk along the banks of the Thames at Gravesend to watch the 14th demolition at Tilbury Power Station.

Wye to Canterbury on the North Downs Way

Monday 28 May 2018

I just wanted to walk. The weather was looking good and it seemed as though I would have a spare day with nothing in particular planned and nowhere in particular to be. So, I thought I would go for a walk.

Dengie Peninsula Circular

Sunday 22 April 2018

I have to admit that this was one of those walks that I knew absolutely nothing about beforehand other than the date. I had never heard of the “Dengie Peninsula”, did not know where it was and was relying on Google Maps to get us there and even Google struggled!

Stour Valley Walk – Canterbury to Sandwich

Monday 28 August 2017

I left the Kipps hostel at around 8:00 am. The sun was already shining and it looked like it was going to be another very hot day. With another 20 miles to go to get to Sandwich, I had made sure my water bottle was full but in my rush to leave early I forgot to take my malt loaf from the fridge in the kitchen.

Stour Valley Walk – Ashford to Canterbury

Sunday 27 August 2017

I knew this would be a big day and so I made an early start and headed back to Ashford International Station and back on the Stour Valley Walk path. It followed the river briefly before having to walk along the A292 before taking an alley up and over the M20 but you eventually leave the urban area behind and hit the country lanes and fields.