Exploration to Mud- Land

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Whilst journeying to the far east of our country I came across this large expanse of low lying shore with enormous patches of mud interspersed with banks of vegetation.

Sunk in the mud were hulks of boats and strange shapes, an example of which I show here:

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Not being familiar with this part of the world, I wonder if this is the impression made by such a hulk as it got sucked into the glutinous, oozing, slime? And, at the bottom of this hole, deep down, is there a boat?

and, how in the name of the wee man did this get here?

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The hole is to put a boat in and the big red thing was put there to Christianise the East Saxons and teach them to sail. Only the latter part was successful.
 

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No christians here ....

youse might nae be richt ... ah thocht there wuz a hari-krishna commune on it ..
 

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Hmm. I think the first photo is of an experimental Type 69 "Stealth" Destroyer. It's named "Silent But Deadly" - so called because it sneaks out of an inshore passage without anyone noticing it, and kills its target stone dead.

I suspect the lightship was floated ashore on a tidal wave of surplus Pimms, left over from the Royal Burnham Yacht Club Summer Party.
 

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Pic 1. Is of the venue for annual Mud-Land high diving competition, sort of Acapulco on Thames affair. The indentation you have photographed has been created by countless Mud-Landers embedding themselves in the ooze. Concealed within those murky shallows you will find the protruding tootsies of generations of competitors.

Pic 2. Is of a light ship, of course, these vessels weigh so little that the locals, after a night out and a few beers, pick them up and stick them on the quay. Old gag, but it doesn't half annoy the skippers.
 

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You should remember if you ever take your dog who is used to proper water - you know the see-through stuff - and proper land (rocks, sand etc) that that brown stuff is NOT for walking on. Or even suitable for chasing ducks across. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 

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Tollesbury it is ... the marina is a member of the Transmarche Marinas (50% off if yr marina's a member when you go to any other member) and it would be a brave yottie who'd travel some distance to get there with a tidal gate which, for a deep keel, must be no more than a couple of hours ... the mud's soft though?
 
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"The hole is to put a boat in and the big red thing was put there to Christianise the East Saxons and teach them to sail. Only the latter part was successful."

Haven't you got that the wrong way round?
 

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The mud may be soft but the cill is not and the creek bottom, when it empties out, is shingle! You can walk on it quite easily. Bradwell is the same. Now Brightlingsea... that's mud.
 

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Never mind the mud, what about the "jetty". I love the politically correct use of the string so that no one can fall off the end, even thou' it looks like you could kill yourself just getting to the string /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 

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Re: Definitely not $h1t Creek

This is $h1t Creek .We visited last year and forgot the paddle.

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