Richard Sharpe wrote:

Hi Martin do you have any idea why the tender seemed togo on a bit of a
walkabout before it finally tied up at the pontoon thing near the pier?

Martin Rosen <...> said:

I believe it was so that the documentary could finish and then they
could broadcast live from the pier. It obviously would have been more
sensible to delay their departure from LV18 ... but still... !

It was, someone from BBC Essex walked past me at ten past three who was in communication with the tender and I heard him say "We weren't expecting you to come off so early.". Not the best of planning considering the weather had just taken a turn for the worse!

Mike