Southend-On-Sea

This weekend I wanted to go back to Broadway market, I wanted to take Ben there, because it’s my favourite market yet and he hasn’t been.

We were going to get ready and head off at about lunch time when our flat mate Marc had a different idea. He had his work van for the weekend and said we should go for a drive.

We decided on Southend- On- Sea. It was about an hour and a half’s drive from our place, one similar to Brighton, and was absolutely amazing!

The esplanade was filled with bars, food stands and amusement parlours. They had a theme park called Adventure Island, where I will definitely be returning to go on the rides, and eat candyfloss!! Was a great people watching spot too! Spotted a TOWIE star, wasn’t hard to forget we were in Essex!

The sun was shining and it was beautifully warm. We had to sit in traffic for a while to get to the esplanade so headed for a pub once we got there, we got a table outside in the sun, and I let the pearly whites out to get a tan (not my teeth, my legs, though they are the same shade of white at the moment!)

The afternoon consisted of ciders, the best fish and chips and making new friends. We stayed for about 6 hours, we just didn’t want to leave.

We sat down at the first pub and after about half an hour we made friends with a local Essex couple. They were such good fun, and took us up to a hotel for a few drinks to visit an old friend they were going to see.. The hotel was hosting a wedding! Talk about awkward having sat in the sun drinking for hours.. it was safe to say we didn’t really blend in!

One the sun started to disappear, and the temperature dropped we headed off home, by far one of the best days I have had since living here!

It really is amazing what the sun can do. It makes you feel so carefree and happy! Which is a lovely change from having to wear 100 layers and never really feeling warm.

I didn’t manage to get many photos cos my phone died- I certainly wasn’t expecting to stay 6 hours!