title	A Postcard from Manningtree, Essex - 9th January 2024
intro	We're off to Holbrook near Alton Water to get Harry's saxophone fixed, so as we're in the area we decide to visit Manningtree. Manningtree is one of the stations on the main line between Diss and London, so has been transited perhaps 1,600 times during the ten years commuting by train to London, however it's the first time actually visiting it properly.
imgp0361	Isobel walks along The Walls by the estuary
imgp0362	A derelict sign for a tea rooms in Mistley
imgp0363	Mistley Towers - the remains of a Georgian church
imgp0368	A shelter on the estuary shores
imgp0369	A London train heads into Manningtree station
imgp0372	Some geese take flight over the estuary
imgp0376	Looking out across the shoreline to the Stour
imgp0379	Isobel stumps about in the littoral zone
imgp0380	Nice Georgian buildings on High Street
imgp0381	On old shop sign: Townsends
imgp0382	Another traditional sign for Bates upholstery
imgp0383	The Lane, just off the High Street
imgp0384	There are a lot of funeral directors around
imgp0386	A nice little traditional hardware shop
imgp0387	A K6 phonebox outside the town hall
imgp0389	The Manningtree Ox notes a Shakespear connection
imgp0392	We're in Hobson's café
imgp0394	The very wonky Mogul Indian restaurant
imgp0396	Manningtree station 
imgp0399	Sign of the times: the ticket office is closed