London to Southend - 99% traffic-free

Some notes from the scout-session:

1. It is an easy, mostly flat 100KMs.
   
2. Quite a few slow sections near the river due to path condition, width and dodgy blind-corners.
   
3. Lots of constricting barriers to keep out motorbikes..
   
4. There is a 4KM run across a tidal zone that may need to be routed around depending how high the river is.
   
5. Also a 400M section of overgrown single-track down the edge of a farmer's field which might have to be walked.
   
   

Other than those (and wishing it had been warmer) the ride was super and I look forward to doing it again. It is an extra 40-odd bumpy KMs compared to the usual Southend ride but it is made up for by some unique places and views.