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05/19/2004: "Benacre Broad"

km 4.204 / 4.46 km/hr
steps 6781 / 120 speed
Time: 1.04

Well, the distance walked tonight does not seem THAT far according to the km total above and the speed at which we walked also seems slow .... but all with good reason. We walked from South Cove past Benacre Broad and continued for some way along the coast. Walking on shingle is tough ... strange sightings though of dead crabs and a dead lobster on the shore. Seals perhaps?

The photos show our return walk back to the car. The first shows Benacre Broad and how it is only separated from the sea by a shingle bank. There is a hide here too ... many rare species breed and can be seen in this area. Bitterns and we saw many Dunlin tonight, aren't they just so cute (but too small really to take a photo of) and of course Ringed Plover oh ... and we saw little terns too.

My apologies for the size of this first picture - but its one of those panoramic ones that just HAD to be included even though its really too large.





Quite a long walk back yet .... Dave reckons this picture should be called "The End of the World"

Still not there yet ... keep walking



On the right hand side you can see a church which is built in ruins - I'll find out more about that and post pictures of the church and ruins another time. But almost back at the car now ... just up that last final hill ......