Fri 17 May 2019 - 10 miles - THAMES ESTUARY - EAST TILBURY TO PITSEA  - Leader: Sharyn W

The moody and atmospheric section of the Thames Path encompassing the Essex Marshes taking in Thurrock Thameside Nature Park, nature reserves, Fobbing and Vange Marshes, villages and Wat Tyler Country Park. Lunch: Thurrock Thameside visitor centre, basic cafe menu or bring packed lunch.
Train: Fenchurch Street 9:54; Limehouse 9:58; W Ham 10:03; Barking 10:09; Arr 10:.39. (Southend train) Return from Pitsea. Buy return to Pitsea.

Looking towards Thurrock, Thameside Visitor Centre. Opened in 2013 by Sir David Attenborough. Bleak House?

Thurrock Thameside Nature Park, leaving Mucking behind

Peacock butterfly seen near Fobbing Marshes

And here’s that plant again. Salsify growing in large numbers up on the embankment of the Thames Estuary Path

The quaint village of Corringham, our lunch stop today

Photos: Harriet R, Sharyn W