Our next meeting will take place on Saturday 21st November at the Blacksmiths Arms, Mistley Heath. The pub has agreed to open at noon for us, so the meeting will start once everyone has arrived and bought a drink; while they don’t usually have real ales on they have said they’ll get a couple of pins in for us.
Public transport options to get to the meeting (from Harwich or Clacton, and the 104 bus stops right outside the pub) seem to be as below:
11:05 104 bus from Harwich gets to Blacksmiths Arms at 11:43
08:55 3 bus from Clacton, breakfast at Bottle Kiln in Dovercourt, then join 104 from Harwich,
or
09:22 76 bus from Clacton into Colchester, change to 104 bus to Harwich arrive Blacksmiths Arms 11:20 (so quite a wait outside)
or
10:55 2 bus from Clacton to end of route, then 16 minute walk to Blacksmiths Arms, arriving about 12:16 (walk may cross a field, so walking boots recommended for the ankle support)
or
three trains from Clacton (leaving station at 10:05) to Mistley, then 30 minute walk to Blacksmiths Arms arriving 11:34 (not checked the walking route – may also cross a field)