Mersea Island & Maldon Promenade Park

Yesterday we took a site visit to Mersea island and Maldon prom to take a look at the threshold between land and water, for me i found this quite difficult considering i have grown in these places since a young age. Mersea for me i have always related it to MUD and lots of it, but yesterday made me see it in a whole different way and it was really interesting, as we walked along the creeks and mud flats where the the oyster beds are I really began to think about that threshold.

Maldon is also somewhere which I've visted regually for various events throughout the year including the mud race, the maldon regetta, concents and general summer days out. Maldon Prom is the laction for our Public Landscapes site. Shown below the field to the far right located to the left of the yahct club in the boat shaped.

My first thoughts of the site were the lack of views out onto the river. The field is also a lot higher than the rest of the prom which seems odd almost as if there as land fill dumped onto the site. The site is also surrounded by a memorial walk for local people who died in the second world war, looking into it in more depth it just seems than random trees have been planted around the field to produce a walkway and there was really much thorght put into it. This is something that I will definalty have to look into as its quite a sensitive subject and I dont want offend anyone but maybe there is a way of improving the memorial site instead?

Below are some more images taken from the trip: