antidote to TOWIE
daffy2
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Did anyone else see the lovely programme this evening on BBC4 about the natural(as opposed to the surgically enhanced!) beauty of Essex? It was a wonderful escapist, feelgood hour as far as I was concerned - just what I needed to distract from the effects of a cold.Highlights were the water vole, the Billericay bluebell woods and the weird field of dead oaks.
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Sorry Daffy didn't see it, hope your cold gets better soon xxSmile a while and while you smile
smile another smile and soon there
will be miles and miles of smiles
just because you smiled I wish your
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Daffy2
I am sorry to say l missed it :? but I do know how lovely a lot of Essex is....having lived there as a child....and then again in my 20's
I hope you feel better soon
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Toni xxx0 -
Hi Daffy2
sorry I didn't see it either
I hope your cold is better soon too
Love juliepf x0 -
I always miss the good programs...I sit here thinking there is nothing on the TV... :roll: mind you I never get hold of the remote... :xLove
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I haven't seen either programme but the field of dead oaks sounds interesting. Do we know why and how?If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright0 -
Apparently Sticky it's the remnants of a wooded area which has suffered from salt infiltration of the water table(it's right on the coast) and drought which gradually killed the trees, but they have been left standing. As the presenter said the trunks look very elephant like with the grey gnarled bark.0
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I love Essex (well, the prettier bits, you can keep your Romfords, Brentwoods and Chelmsfords!) We go to Mersea Island on a regular basis and other favourtie places include Wivenhoe, Walton-on-the-Naze, the area around Thorpe-le-Soken (I think Margery Allingham came from round there? Or llived there?) and the oddity which is Jaywick is both quirky and unsettling. There are some lovely backwater areas which very few know about and long may that last. We have yet, however, to find the quayside at Maldon - that is a truly hidden gem! DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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daffy2 wrote:Apparently Sticky it's the remnants of a wooded area which has suffered from salt infiltration of the water table(it's right on the coast) and drought which gradually killed the trees, but they have been left standing. As the presenter said the trunks look very elephant like with the grey gnarled bark.
How interesting! A field full of Essex elephants! I love it.If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
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