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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Heyjude

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. Hubby and I used to take my parents to a good pub at the harbour there many years ago, but it closed or changed hands and we haven’t been back to the area in a long time. I can’t remember if we ever went to the beach though – we need to explore the area again!

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