Mersea Island Early Weekend

This weekend in the UK has two things happening.  Firstly the clocks go forward an hour in the small hours of Sunday, and secondly, Sunday is "Mothering Sunday" or as it is more widely known as "Mothers' Day".

I still have my Thursday morning visit to the Greyhound Rescue  to feed and give the dogs a run before we can set off. I am usually back before 11am and so if we get the van loaded up pretty much on Wednesday afternoon, then we can then leave ASAP.  

The destination is to Essex again. Waldegraves at Mersea Island again.  We last stayed there back in May 2023 and I thought it would be another opportunity to get away before the kids Easter holidays. We tend to not do a lot at Easter any more.

So two nights on a hardstanding pitch with EHU will cost us £25 a night. In March dogs go free and that saves us £4! Going a bit earlier in the week, THursday, might mean we avoid the influx of two years ago.  It was virtually empty and then on the Friday afternoon and into the weekend it filled up rapidly.

The only problem with getting to the Island is of course is timing the crossing of the Strood bridge at low tide. Luckily they have a webcam so you can see how high the water is all day. At night, it's too dark! 

Rather them than me!

Checking the tide times is always important. Otherwise you are stuck on either side until it goes down.