An attempt to remap Europe and claim back the lost territories of the North Sea
Engelandvaarders
A few days ago, I followed up a comment by Maureen Manson about the Engelandvaarders, whom I mentioned when I visited Sizewell beach. Maureen’s father, Constable James McGuire, was stationed at Aldringham/Thorpeness during the war and was called to deal with the incident when “a collapsible rubber canoe 15 feet x 3 feet, containing 2 […]
Adventures in Doggerland: Day two
After breakfast we drove along the seafront to the pier. Southend claims to have the “longest pleasure pier in the world”. I’m not quite sure what the definition of a “pleasure pier” is, or indeed what was so pleasurable about Southend’s. That’s not to say we didn’t enjoy visiting it, but there was very little […]