Nature through the eyes of my camera

( Thursday 21st March - 2.2miles. Route taken: Sea wall. Time 1hr.15min) I have walked this part of the route before so am confident of where I am going. It is a warm day but overcast. The path on this part of the route is still very muddy and the track below is still water logged. The coastline around East Lane has, over the centuries, experienced several episodes when defense works became necessary due to the risk of invasion. Recommendations for the defense of Bawdsey were made as early as the sixteenth century. In the early part of the nineteenth century fears of invasion by Napoleon led to the building of seven Martello Towers. During World War II emergency coastal defenses were erected at Bawdsey to prevent invasions from the sea. As I passed the various lagoons on by left I thought I saw the ears of a hare along the track below me. I expected it to have moved before I was near enough to get a photo but it didn't seem to know I was about. I took one photo and then moved forwa...

(Monday 18th March - 2.2 miles.  Route taken: Bawdsey quay, through car park onto Ferry Road, School Lane and East Lane.  Time 1.10mins) I'm glad today was a short walk as it was all on the road. I took a photo looking across the River Deben to Felixstowe Ferry where I finished my last walk. I walked along Ferry Road, through the tree lined car park where I spotted a toad, and back onto Ferry Road.  Walking along the road was peaceful with just the occasional vehicle passing. It was interesting to note the changes since my last walk. Most places are now drier, and spring has definitely sprung with spring flowers and green shoots on the trees. Still some flooding The birds were chirping merrily and a buzzard was calling while gliding on the currents. I passed Bawdsey Hall which is now a retreat and hotel.  I turned right into School Lane. This is just a connecting road to East Lane and the home of the local primary school. Children from the nursery were busy having fu...