Tom King's Thames Estuary book for relaunch in time for festival
Echo journalist Tom King, accompanied by his dog, had set out to remedy an extraordinary omission. “The Thames Estuary has existed for aeons, yet nobody, ever, seems to have walked round it,” said Tom. So he did. In the shape of endless and sometimes near fatal obstacles by the end of the summer, Tom had completed the 83-mile round hike, from Foulness Island to Warden Point, Sheppey. The adventure was recorded in a book written by Tom, who is from Wickford, the following year, entitled Thames Estuary Trail, published by Desert Island Books. Today, the trail navigated by Tom is a...