Visiting family for granddaughter's birthday party took me down the A12 past Colchester United's
ground, officially the Weston Homes Community Stadium.
It was a beautiful day, unbroken sunshine and hot, a real summer day, perfect for a quiet visit and some photos. The ground is right beside the road and as I approached I thought someone had parked a whole fleet of coaches on the car park, utilising an empty area during the close season.
As I got closer, the stands had people in them, in fact, a lot of people, probably far more than Colchester United get for a home game. It turned out that I had blundered in to a meeting or, probably more correctly, a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses. I apologised to the main steward chap and told him of my purpose, parked up. scooted round taking photos as fast as I could and left.
This ground is a new one, United having previously been at the crumbling Layer Road for many years. It is situated way out of town in a wasteland which is obviously waiting for development, but at the moment is sad and lonely. It's not the usual new 'bowl', but four seemingly identical stands, identical except for a few detail differences.
The birthday party was a great success.
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