Happy Fence Friday everyone! We have been having very high tides here recently, but thankfully the flood defences have not been breached yet! HFF!

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The Lock, Tiptree Tea Room, at Heybridge Basin - great for breakfast, lunch or tea!

One is actually very tempted to make a day of it and go for all three!!!!!!!

(If one were a Hobbit one could include second breakfast and elevenses as well!!!!!!!!!!)

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The tide was so high at South Woodham Ferrers this particular evening that these canoeists could enjoy the chance to explore the River Crouch where it leads into Woodham Fen

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It seems it's not only hippos that like a bit of glorious mud! This Kentish Common Seal was pretty muddy too!

The smaller of our two seal species, Common Seals (also known as Harbour Seals) are more commonly found around sheltered shores and estuaries, where they haul out on sandbanks and beaches. When out of the water, they sometimes hold their body in a curved 'banana' position, with their head and tail both in the air at the same time. Like Grey Seals, they feed on fish, but also eat squids, whelks, crabs and mussels. The young are born during the summer. They are found around the coasts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and eastern England.

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Apparently Tug Pilots can be boy racers too!

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