Frinton-on-Sea

Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England, 2012

We have been spending nearly two-weeks moving from hotel to hotel, trying to budget what is left of funds. It's hard to explain without too much detail, but we are not able to return to the United States yet, at least not with James (more is written about that in various entries on our "big blog"). We're going to use some of this time to try to catch up some travel entries about places we're seen and restaurants we ate in, back when funds were a little more flush. As well as some writing about the interesting little villages we have found ourselves in.

These are pictures from a month ago (March 22), when we went to Frinton-on-Sea, in England (the county of Essex).

Frinton-on-Sea is a town situated on the North Sea, in South-East England, the county of Essex. The roots of the town grew in the early to mid-1800's when it had been fairly unpopulated consisting of very little aside from a church, some cottages and dotted with farms. It got big in the early 1900's and became a place for high society types to go to play tennis, golf and stay in upscale hotels. It's a sleepy town now, full of elderly residents and a large golf course adjacent to the coast, which has been partially blocked with a coastal defense concrete wall and giant rocks to limit erosion - some parts of England have a huge problem with erosion of the coasts...more on that later.

That day in March was a warm-ish and sunny day for March in England. In the distance, situated far off in the waters of the North Sea, the turbines of a wind farm turned lazily, generating electricity, but even on the clear day that it was you could barely make them out from the shore.

People rode bikes, flew kites, fished along the shore; couples walked hand-in-hand enjoying the rare March day. Frinton-on-Sea is not a place for high excitement, but a relaxing place along the sea not dotted by gaudy hotel chains; rather apartments overlooking the sea, uninterrupted vistas of the area surrounding it, a beach, and a long walking path along the sea shore.

More: Frinton-on-Sea Tourist Information

Some of the photos we took while in Frinton-on-Sea