The main attraction of Clacton is the pier on which there is a small amusement park and some casino style games. Then we played was the horse races where you bet on which colour horse you think will win. After we put in £1.50 between the 3 of us Megan won £3 and we took our winnings and left the casino part and walked to the end of the pier. It was high tide and the water level was really really high which we have not seen the other 2 times we have been. It was really windy so we decided to head into the town for a coffee. On the way we stopped at one of the games where you control the joystick and try and pick up stuffed animals. Usually I am awful at those games but this time I managed to win Megan a stuffed Dolphin the 2nd attempt.
For the last week I had been telling Ryan that he had to try cockles at least once. Luckily for Ryan due to the strikes in Wales the market was closed and we were unable to find them. Even the stand that sells them on the Clacton pier was closed for the season. But as we went into town we finally found and stand that sold them and true to his word Ryan tried not just one but 3 or 4. They may look disgusting but really they are not that bad. We had coffee in town and sat for an hour at place called Fred’s just talking the afternoon away.
After this, went drove back to a town called Braintree where Ryan treated us to a wonderful meal at a place called Frankie and Benny’s. Once the meal was over we went to the closest movie theatre and watched the movie Hostel to try and scare Ryan a little before he headed to the Hostel in Tokyo. Great movie but really gory.
We had one more day with Ryan after this and it was spent relaxing and organising for his trip to Japan. We dropped him off at the train station yesterday at 11.00am so he could head back to London to stay with his brother Rick for one more night. It was great to have him here and we all had a great time. As we write this blog Ryan will be on a plane somewhere over Russia by now half way to Japan. I know we all look forward to reading his stories on his blog. Don’t forget to check in often to see how he is doing.
4 comments:
Yea the wind definatly did mess up my hair that day.. Oh and I disagree with the cockles thing... EWWWW I put one of those little critters in my mouth just once and I almost threw up.. In fact I did spit it up.. right infront of the lady who gave it to me haha. Oh well GT'S all around.. By the way... Why arent we in California??
Aaawwww, you had to go show me some pictures of my favourite sea food, now I WANT SOME REAL BAD.
Good lord, man! It's a levitating cockle! Hmm? Oh yeah and the seafood looks gross too.
Phil I hope your first day at new job was all you expected it to be. I guess the next time we see you you will have a Bristolian accent... All right my luv!
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