well it turned out to be a brilliant day to stand a mile out in the Thames, got plenty of shots of the pier and its quite understandable pyro-paranoia as well as some nice sundown shots of nearby Leigh-on-sea and the mudflats that make the estuary such a draw for wading birds and even geese strangely enough.
I cant work out if the pier is simply a relic from days past or the place to be in the modern day. It almost feels like a black and white relic of the good old days rather than a modern feature of the Essex coast but the recent fire has started to change things with modern installations and it's easy to forget that actually the pier is an important place for the shipping that runs up and down the Thames, it provides a place for the RNLI to keep the waters safe as well as a station to blurt out warnings and the fog horn.
It's a nice place to visit but a warm tea is essential for keeping the lips from freezing up!
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