The cliffs at the Naze near Walton are erroding at an alarming rate! But locals are trying to slow the process by installing new sea defenses.

David Eagle has been leading this work and showed Owen what they have been doing to try and save the Naze.

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Quirky and colourful beach huts line the Tendring coastline for as far as the eye can see between Clacton and Walton-on-the-Naze.

It's estimated that there's over 3,000 along this stretch of the Essex coast alone.

Each little hut, has many stories to tell, memories to recount and experiences to share.

Nancy Stevenson has written a book called "Beach Hut People" telling those stories of those who use beach huts along the Frinton and Walton coasts.

Owen met Nancy, on Frinton Greensward over looking the beach huts to find out more of Nancy's research.

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Located off the coast of West Mersea and long black timber building with small windows hoovers above the water line. The Packing Shed is actually resting on Packing Marsh Island, where a for decades Mersea Island's oysters were procressed and packed before being sent to London for sale.

Now fully restored, the Packing Shed is an education centre, which is open to the public on certain days, telling the story of Mersea's oyster industry.

Alan and Bry Mogridge took Owen out on a small boat to vist the small island and to show him around the Packing Shed.

The Packing Shed Trust is a charitable organisation with more information on their website: www.packing-shed.org.uk

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