A STUDENT has experienced a “bizarre” 32-hour road trip to Southend’s twin town of Sopot to capture it on film.

Katrina, 38, of Southend Road, Stanford-le-Hope, is a mature student studying for a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and the trip was a key part of her course.

She took her partner and 15-year-old daughter to Southend’s twin town and captured these fascinating images.

She said: “The information I had about Sopot was limited. I resisted buying a travel guide, researching the area, or following a predetermined route. The journey had to be a meander and not a tourist trip.

“I wanted to capture how the town made me feel in the spontaneous images I captured and hope people seeing the pictures feel I’ve taken them on the journey.”

With just eight hours of daylight to shoot the picture, Katrina said the whole trip was almost a daydream-like experience.

She said: “This whole experience has just been the most bizarre thing. I was in and out of Sopot so quickly it almost felt that, save for the images I took, that I had never been there. The Polish people were really welcoming, interested in what I was doing and spoke very good English.”

During her whistlestop tour, she snapped a wardrobe left on the beach as part of art installation which was signed by film director Roman Polanksi.

In the town she spotted a crooked house complete with cafes and Sopot’s Pier, the longest wooden pier in Europe.

More than 100 of her pictures are now on display at an exhibition titled Subject to Recall at Southend Central library in Victoria Avenue, until Saturday April 3.

The exhibition is hosted by Katrina and 14 other Fine Art students from South Essex College and some of the exhibits are on display in the neighbouring Southend Central Museum.

The return flight on Ryanair, car hire and a night in a hotel for three cost £250.