Hi Colin,I think you’ve already found one of the best little gems our area has to offer,did you go into the marina at Bradwell?there’s a nice tea/coffee/bacon type hut there ,get a lot of bikes in there on a Sunday weather permitting,another little run out I often use is to finchingfield via Chelmsford ,ford end/ great dunmow, finchingfield,sibble heddingham,halsted,Braintree,white notley,Hatfield peveral,Danbury,bicknacre back home to Basildon,.Unfortunately there’s just too much traffic in our neck of the woods,but we are fortunate enough to have brands hatch on our doorstep