Category Archives: Essex
Saffron Walden
Updates here have been a bit sporadic of late, and I apologise unreservedely. I’ve spoken previously of my car troubles, but just last week there was some degree of bike/road interface, followed by a further hip/metal plate and screws interface, … Continue reading
Romford
Romford is now logically a part of this grand conurbation we call London, but in actuality this is very much Essex country. You can hear it in the accents, even the subjects of the conversation, you can smell it … Continue reading
Basildon
When a town is most famous for being the hometown of Denise Van Outen, Milhouse’s more attractive cousin, it sets one or two alarm bells ringing. But, having given Southend-on-Sea up as a bad job, we were on our way … Continue reading
Southend-on-sea
I can imagine Morrissey trudging, hands in pockets, along the high street in Southend-on-Sea. This is the coastal town, he would explain to me, that they forgot to tear down. And in a fit of asexual Mancunian pique, he would … Continue reading
Loughton
There’s a certain amount of truth in every stereotype, and in my experience, none more so than the Essex image of the tackier, gaudier side of life. Loughton is the Platonic ideal of this: located still on the tube, … Continue reading
Epping
For the London-centric, Epping is the motherlode. While it remains on the London underground network, it’s marginally outside the M25 and feels a world away, and it’s therefore ideal for this sort of pursuit. Not only this, but it … Continue reading
