Southend-on-Sea

The other day we travelled across to the other side of England to Southend-on-Sea. It's a little seaside town (I don't know what gave it away!), that was packed because of a combination of sunshine, Bank Holiday weekend and the local football (soccer) derby, between Southend United and some other team who wears the same colours.

We went over there to have a look at a flat for me, which turned out to be a bit dodgy. What made it even more so was the huge police presence for the football. We asked one of them what the area was like, and got a very quick reply that it was no good.

Nevertheless, it was still interesting to see the English take on a beach, which was jam packed. We really only stayed long enough to have fish and chips for lunch and find an Essex street map for later on.