Essex Way Day 1: Epping to Pepper’s Green

The first stage of my journey across the county

I’m walking the Essex Way in five stages — one day a week-during August 2023.

The first signpost on the way, showing how to get out of Epping

I’ve started country walks from all sorts of places — pubs, bus stops, car parks, lay-bys, remote cottages — but this is the first time I’ve begun one from a London Underground station. The Essex Way begins where…