I’m always trying to find new views of places I walk all the time, to try to find new photos, and it surprises me afterwards – why did I never do that before?
Last week there was a Spring tide, and the grass on all the silt banks was washed flat, so it was the perfect chance to go down onto the bank at the end of the Chocolate Path. I haven’t done this before, because the silt has holes and gaps that make it treacherous to walk on, and the grass hides that.
It’s a strange feeling, like it’s forbidden, or something. You can see people on the path taking a double look, but that’s probably about the careful footsteps, and clambering over the rivulets. The big surprise was how much the sides of the path are eroding, and look bodged together. I wanted to walk as far as the Outflow, but the bank narrows, with the trenches getting deeper, so we turned back.
It’s such a minor “new place”, but I loved it. Definitely want to do that again. More grey-ish photos below the jump…
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