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16th July 2026 Hiking - Walking: Dovercourt to Harwich pier Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny and hot Max Speed: 4.50 miles (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: Thursday 16th July - walk ***** – Dovercourt to Harwich pier – sunny and hot. As you might know I left my VHF radio I take out windsurfing at Wrabness on Tuesday, Mag posted the loss in a few Essex Facebook pages and we got lucky as a man out walking his dog picked it up and that was before Jason a windsurfing mate from Mistley drove over last night as it got dark to see if it was still on the gate ! So we messaged the man asking if we could pick it up today and then we drove over to Wrabness hoping to windsurf again but after a walk along the beach the wind was only 8/10 mph too light to be bothered so we went for plan ‘B’ continue onto Dovercourt for a walk. We had got as far as Ramsey when the radio finder messaged, he was in and only a couple of miles away! We got the radio back and had a lovely chat before continuing onto Dovercourt, parking for free on a large grassy car park near the boating lake and were surprised how breeze it was here and quickly spotted a kitesurfer out despite the tide being pretty high meaning there was not much beach! Leaving the van in the shade of a tree we walked the short distance to the lovely prom with waves making a big splash as we headed towards Harwich. It is nice there with its twin towers on the beach with loads of people out enjoying the sunny, hot weather despite 20 knots of warm wind, the kitesurfer was certainly having a great day! We continued towards the large fort, a copy of the one at Landguard in Felixstowe with two huge container ships berthed in the docks. Sadly the footpath was closed so we had a make a small detour around the back of the fort but quickly rejoined the prom as we approached Harwich with its many lighthouses and found a bench with great views across the Orwell, sheltered from the worst of the breeze by the two container ships and enjoyed another top picnic being entertainer by lots of river action, first a bell tolls warning of high tide, we saw the yellew foot ferry, the RLNI inshore boat out with a pilot boat, a small coaster heading out with several yachts and then a white barge came sailing past, just brilliant! Well rested we carried onto the Half Penny pier in Harwich which is lovely, home to the lifeboat, an old radio ship the Me Amigo and several fishing boats, we spotted another barge moored near Shotley and the rusty lightship, then all we had to do was walk a little over two miles back to the van but at least we had a tail wind! The kitesurfer was still having a blast and the waves were still crashing against the prom and we were pleased to reach the van knackered for the 35 mile journey home! So even though I didn’t get to windsurf we had a brilliant day in the Essex sunshine, Dovercourt and Harwich are well worth a visit! Photo Album here |
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