Our Lovely Essex
Our Lovely Essex: you can’t keep Stansted Mountfitchet out of the picture
Tuesday 5 May 2020
They just keep on coming! Our Lovely Essex today showcases three pictures from Ken McDonald taken during walks near his home in Stansted Mountfitchet during the lockdown. Thanks, Ken! Read more >
The country’s smallest bookshop? Well, it’s in Essex, of course!
Monday 4 May 2020
You can’t say that Our Lovely Essex doesn’t cover a wide range of the beautiful, the treasured and indeed the weird and the wonderful! Today we are indebted to Dr Peter Merrett for an image of, in his words, “the UK’s smallest bookshop – well, book room”. It’s at Toot Hill, three and a half […] Read more >
A walk on the wild side
Thursday 30 April 2020
Our Lovely Essex focuses today on the wildlife that, if we allow it, will come to us – all the more welcome, of course, when own movements are so restricted. Firstly, thanks to Peter Damary-Homan, who sent in the image of a grass snake that “decided to make itself at home in my pond in […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex… Stansted Mountfitchet in the frame
Monday 27 April 2020
Contributions for Our Lovely Essex keep rolling in, so we thank all of you who have contributed. As ever, though, we’re always grateful for more, so keep ’em coming! The selection here is from Janet Harris, who takes up the story… These photos are from where I live, at Stansted Mountfitchet. The first two are […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex goes international!
Thursday 23 April 2020
We’ll keep this one brief… Our Lovely Essex has sparked contributions from across the county, but today we present to you a picture of blossom from Luxembourg. It was taken by Tim Knight, originally from Essex but now working and living on the European mainland. And, just to keep the home ties alive and kicking, […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex: blackthorn blossom and dreams of sloe gin
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Our Lovely Essex has drawn a range of images from across the county and here we present a striking shot of blackthorn blossom from Jane Elwood. We can do no better than leave the story behind it, together with a message of hope, to Jane herself… I took this photo on my dog walk during […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex: the wonder of woods
Monday 20 April 2020
Our Lovely Essex has drawn an encouraging response and of course we look forward to further contributions over the forthcoming weeks. Here we feature some images from John and Helen Bloxsome. The first is entitled View from the Woods and pictures a group of fallow deer, while the other two were taken during a woodland […] Read more >
A hamlet whose treasures lie deep
Friday 17 April 2020
As part of Our Lovely Essex feature, we invited you to share with us the places you were most looking forward to seeing again once the coronavirus lockdown was over. Here CPRE Essex chairman David Knight celebrates somewhere that you might call a little understated… Nestled in the heartlands of some of the most productive […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex: your photos show how much we have to celebrate
Monday 13 April 2020
Shortly before Easter, we asked for photographs of Essex that showed our wonderful county in all its glory. The brief for Our Lovely Essex was wide-ranging (see here) and included anything from images of places we’re looking forward to seeing again to shots taken on our daily exercise walks. We have had an encouraging response, […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex
Monday 6 April 2020
With the exception of our wonderful care workers and essential staff, each one of the rest of us is under serious but essential restriction of movement. However, we can dream and share moments of happier times that will return… and maybe lighten our days. At Essex CPRE we invite anyone (of all ages) in the […] Read more >