Beautiful Brightlingsea This East Coast harbour town offers enjoyment for everyone... Alexandra George explains why
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ssex has the longest coastline of all the counties in England, and as a child I was convinced I knew it all. Harwich, Walton-on-theNaze, Frinton-on-Sea, Clacton, Mersea Island, Bradwell, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend… any one would be a go-to on high days and holidays. In those formative years when the shops were shut on Sunday and the time was spent catching
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up with family and friends, it was my parents who’d decide where to head; ‘traffic’ seemed an overriding concern, necessitating early starts and late nights. Today, however, as a rose-tinted cast appears on the photographs of children squealing in the surf, sulking over beach sports and devouring seafood suppers, I sail this same coastline and
