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I am not sure how to talk about the shape and geometry of these windmills. Here, for example, is an equilateral triangle and two cubes. It turns out there’s an awful lot that you can learn about geometry while you are in Essex. We had a surprise! Though on Tom’s photograph it appeared to be hexagonal, here, Bran and I illustrate that the concrete block was, in fact, a PENTAGON – a shape that has five sides, rather than six! “ Another hexagon!” she exclaimed, “all the wartime coastal pillboxes and gun emplacements must have been hexagonal too, just like the tower!” So we all returned to this concrete block, just so that Kate could verify its geometry. When Tom came back and showed Kate this photograph, she became very excited. The whole landscape abounds with interesting geometry, as you can see here from one of Tom’s overhead photographs illustrating the angular divisions between the sea wall, borrowdyke and salt marsh – environments where, you will no doubt be pleased to hear, I DID find the occasional winkle to chow down upon. But imagine my disappointment when I was unable to find either tasty crab or munchable winkle anywhere along this line, despite careful checking every day! Kate told me later that the name actually referred to an old seaside train, rather than to a canine coastal smorgasbord. I was very excited when I heard this, as crabs and winkles are rare delicacies which I very much like to eat. But the long, straight line which you can see here, running alongside The Hexagon, is a disused railway line, which was also once known as the crab and winkle line. Some of these straight lines mark the boundaries of fields and property, others of the sea wall. But Tollesbury is a place that seems to be defined by many different kinds of straight line, all criss-crossing and intersecting! Where we live in Scotland, the terrain is rough, undulating and largely unenclosed. I find these lines and boundaries intriguing. Note the shape of the patio – a sort of half-hexagonal extension – and the way the shapes of the buildings are echoed by the garden boundaries within which they are enclosed. Thus the hexagaon is, in fact, the hexagons: not only are there two, interconnected, six-sided buildings here, but the general environs have an interesting polygonal vibe. But the tower is now mainly used for spotting birds, sunsets, and other things of interest to humans.

During the second world war, the tower was used as a radar station, monitoring activity in the nearby Blackwater estuary. The Hexagon is a very cosy and well-appointed modern self-catering property attached to a hexagonal tower that was built around 80 years ago. Why? Because this place is called The Hexagon, and that’s because it is hexagonal – a building that is also a shape with six different sides! I can honestly say I had never given hexagons a second thought, until I went to stay in this place. Today I’m here to tell you about hexagons, and some other shapes. Hello, friends, it’s me, BOB, the chaotic, happy-go-lucky labrador who lives with Tom and Kate.

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