along the coast

Every year I forget to do something special on Women’s International Day, only realizing I’ve missed it after the day is gone. This year I booked it in advance as a day off and was planning to go to an art gallery to check the work of this female sculptor. BUT when I woke up it was such a beautiful sunny day that I simply couldn’t waste it inside an art gallery. I decided to celebrate the day by doing something different: going for a walk by the coast and eating loads of unhealthy food! Yes, what a lovely treat.

I live a bit far from the coast so I had to drive for 2h to get there. I went to a place called Clacton-on-Sea. Before the walk I had a full breakfast at the pier: fried bacon, fried egg, fried tomatoes, fried sausage, chips (french fries) and fried bread. I didn’t eat the bread, it looked too greasy. By the time I got to the next place which was called Walton-on-the-Naze I had walked 13km already. Breakfast was a distant memory, but I found a tea house where I was able to refuel my energies: I had apple crumble with loads of ice cream and a cup of tea. Got back to Clacton just before sunset. My total for the day was 30.1 km under a most beautiful blue sky, while feeling like the happiest person on earth. A photo from my walk:

Then later I found out about Watery Wednesday, so here is my entry! I hope it’s ok to post it on a Thursday :)