Tuesday 13th May 2025 Little Wakering to Thorpe Bay

After venturing OUT OUT yesterday, firstly to visit the longest pleasure pier in the UK, it’s Southend in case you didn’t know! We then made our way into Leigh on Sea yesterday for dinner and drinks and may have slightly overdone the drinks thing but hey ho if you put the work in during the day?

A new King Charles III Coast Path sign

With previous coastal path conditions in mind (it’s overgrown!) we hatched a cunning plan, that Dee would drop me off at Little Wakering to handle the jungle part of the walk, whilst Dee drove back to base and then walk out to meet me along the promenade. I got eight plus miles of sea defence walls and estuary which actually today weren’t too bad, whilst my partner got four miles of prom, although it was a bit breezy today!

The overgrown path at Little Wakering

Bright sunny weather out on the marshland and estuary today with just loads of wild birds everywhere, along with spectacular scenery.

Our plan of meeting in the middle worked perfectly, timed to perfection by the Southend on Sea sign, now there’s planning for you!

Just a case then of stopping for a spot of lunch (chicken and salad sandwiches) on the cliff top before completing the walk back to our home for the week. In total about eleven miles completed today.