I think it's about time to let you know how this blog might evolve in the future. At the moment we're heading vaguely eastwards, but obviously we can't go too far as we'd get out feet wet. There will be no real logic to the route taken and in the future you might even find ourselves crossing a previous path. Can I suggest you find an old road map and trace out the route, to give you an idea and to work out where we might go next? It will be apparent that I am a transport fanatic, so that will feature a lot, as will pubs and breweries. I'll try and make sure we always visit at least one hostelry.
Posts may appear daily or less often, depending on my personal situation and, of course, the path of this Covid 19 thing.
In the last post I left you at the Wetherspoons in Basildon, which is very convenient for the bus station, so here are a few offerings from there, which include NIBS (Nelsons Independent Bus Service, First Thamesway and Harris Bus.
Moving eastwards we come to Pitsea, still within the boundaries of Greater Basildon. Here we see 302 229 in the station there, photographed by Richard Huggins.
A refreshment stop in Pitsea from many moons ago, before Basildon was invented.
Pitsea is a junction and we take the line back towards Tilbury, but alight at Stanford-le-Hope, where we find 310 059 in 1991.
We now take a branch line that was closed to passengers many years ago, to Thames Haven, built to serve the industry there. My friend Richard Huggins visited there on a railtour on 16-6-1982 and took these two pictures.
Thames Haven is contiguous with Coryton, from where the Corringham Light Railway ran north west to the village of that name. It was built to carry local workers. The facilities at Coryton were not overwhelming!
A couple of other photos of the Corringham Light Railway. long closed, of course, showing Kynochtown platform and Manorway level crossing..
I mentioned getting one's feet wet earlier. Well, that might just happen! It depends on the tide, or whether a boat is available to take us across the water for the short journey to Thorney Cove, on Canvey Island.
From there it's not far to the Lobster Smack, where we could once find Ind Coope beers.
We'll see more of Canvey Island in the next posting.
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