Day Trip : Southend-On-Sea & Leigh-On-Sea

I know I have neglecting this blog for quite a long time - too much for "having this blog to document (mind you!) our little journey in life"! Bah!




But maybe, just maybe it is still not too late. So I am now planning to sort of set a catching up entries on moments of our lives. It may not be chronological but at least I "capture" that moment as a remembrance for our little band of broods if they care to look back once they leave our nest :D

My job in London was a very hectic, demanding one. Many times in order to clear my back log I went to the Office during the weekends not to say putting a very long hour during the weekdays. Still, I was lucky compared to those who're unemployed.

Due to this crazy office hours of mine, it is quite difficult to get a long leave and we used to go on impromptu trips. May not be far just to get away of it all.One of these trips was the one when we spent a day at Southend-On-Sea.

Unlike when we live in Dundee where River Tay is close by and St Andrews is just around half an our away, Luton is "landlocked". Such, to go to the beach is not something that we can do every weekend but on this particular weekend in summer, after a lot of coaxing from the children, we decided to bring them to Southend-On-Sea.

It took us around an hour 40 minutes to reach there. As it is summer, there were a lot of people at almost every corner of the beach waiting for the tide. We decided to explore the area a bit and went to Leigh-on-Sea. It was crowded everywhere such we went to its pretty little town instead. We also went to Old Leigh, a little fishing village known as the cockling capital of the world. It may be tiny but we love the cosiness of the atmosphere. Here, we sampled fresh seafood at one of its many beach stalls lining the Cockle Row - a simple refreshing menu of cockles, crayfish, crab sticks eaten with pepper and vinegar. The waitress was also very kind when she offered us the Thai sauce, perhaps realising since we are Asians so the Thai sauce is more agreeable to us. :D




After enjoying this simple delicacy, we went back to Southend. The children minus Danish tried swimming but they didn't stay long in the water. Summer it may be, it is still cold underwater. As for us, the parents we are just giving a watchful eyes on them from the safety of the beach.