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273 am Sunderland Point to Heysham

Posted on October 1, 2016 by

Road walking and dead-ends. Power stations and ferry ports. Continue reading →

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255 pm Flint to Connah’s Quay

Posted on July 31, 2016 by

The power station looms. Four chimneys, elegant, like tall sentinels rising out of the mist.
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24. Bradwell to Tillingham Marshes

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

Around the Dengie Peninsula, there is a coastal path stretching from Bradwell Power Station to Burnham on Crouch; seventeen miles of coastal footpath, with no villages, no towns and no marinas; along which the only building of any significance is St Peter’s Chapel. A powerful atmosphere fills the place ….

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Stage 20. Old Hall Marshes to Tollesbury

Posted on August 7, 2010 by

Bradwell Power Station looms menacingly on the horizon. There is the threat of rain and strange colour-changing light. My trousers look like an insect graveyard – sticky webs with spiders, flies, butterflies, beetles, ladybirds… Little flies extract their revenge on behalf of the insect kingdom, attacking my upper arms. Continue reading →

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