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It’s been sometime since I last headed out with the SLR. It was probably for the much missed The Way We See It, which from what I can gather, came to a demise for similar coastal bound reasons as to my own Great Escape.

And so with a glorious Indian summer weekend yet again out on the estuary wilds, it was too good an opportunity to miss not to to take the SLR out to explore the Wivenhoe marshland.

Ferry Marsh was my destination. As the name suggests, this is the marshland to the west of Wivenhoe, that has historically been used as a landing bay.

The fertile land is now the most beautiful of nature reserves, with all forms of plant and wildlife encouraged to grow wild with little cultivation. I entered Ferry Marsh just off the Wivenhoe Trail, cut through the grass footpath, and then rejoined the main footpath back towards West Quay.