Just Back From… Brightlingsea Part Two

Brightlingsea has a sandy beach called Brightlingsea Beach, which features colourful beach huts and runs along the Western Promenade next to Bateman’s Tower.

Beach huts along the promenade

I am particularly fond of photographing beach huts and had a walk along the promenade on a very sunny though extremely windy day. The clouds were almost more appealing than the huts.

A convenient shelter from the wind

Behind the row of beach huts is a boating lake which looked a lot more attractive than on our previous visit back in 2016.

The boating lake

Sedges and wild flowers line the path by the boating lake

The huts along with Bateman’s Tower make a rather nice backdrop when the sun sets behind them.

Golden sunset with beach huts and Bateman’s tower. Often mistaken for a lighthouse, it’s actually a folly built in 1883 by John Bateman for his daughter to recuperate from consumption.
Another western sky

One thing we weren’t short of was a dramatic sky.

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I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

34 thoughts on “Just Back From… Brightlingsea Part Two”

  1. The little huts are quite lovely. I have seen lots of photos of beach huts but have never seen inside of one

    1. Most are used to store beach equipment like chairs and windbreak etc. But some do have a kitchenette, seats and even bunks, though not many allow overnight stays.

      1. Knowing they are storage and not for living shatters my idea of how wonderful it would be to stay in one. A photo of someones junk wouldn’t be much fun

  2. Bountiful clouds! I can just imagine you blowing along. That’s a terrific number of beach huts- very picturesque xx

  3. Those skies and clouds are amazing Jude. Goodness how many huts are there, they seem to stretch on forever

    1. There are so many huts. I didn’t even get to the end this time. It was unpleasantly windy. And I only met one woman sitting outside her hut, reading a book and drinking a cup of tea. I expect in the summer they are much busier.

  4. I like the Modernist weather shelter. Brightlingsea is looking so much better than I remember it.

    Best wishes, Pete. x

    1. Much better than I remembered it too! The beautiful blue sky and fluffy white clouds are very different to the clouds back in 2016! And this area behind the beach huts has greatly improved.

  5. Hey Jude
    Great pictures of the clouds.
    We have such beach huts too in Sheringham. They are a magnet for photographers.
    The Fab Four of Cley
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