Today it was all about Mersea Island which is part of the glamorous Essex coastline. I went to visit Emily who works long hours in the Seafood Shack on the island. They have a lovely array of bits and bobs - whelks, cockels, oysters and jellied eels. Jellied eels are my new worst food, so congratualtions to them.

Met a load of friendly fans of Radio 1 at the Shack who came down to say hello. I was straight to work selling the seafood and ice creams to passers by. I only messed up the till twice.

Emily is 16 and has just done her GCSEs and, unlike Anna from the aquarium yesterday, she wasn't quite as passionate about forging a career in seafood! Good day though, and I was bought a celebratory pint afterwards for being such a brave little soldier for eating the seafood.

Me and Emily and Sebastian (Little Mermaid joke, there)

I'm blogging in the Love Wagon on the way to the next destination. I'm still not being told where though. It's up north - currently zooming through Cambridgeshire.