On a glorious sunny morning I decided to have a short walk along the promenade whilst Edith went into town to do some shopping. I was a little disappointed that the views across the bay were not as good as what I expected but nevertheless after a few dull days it was a pleasure to be out and about.
Looking over the Stone Jetty towards Grange over Sands with Red Screes and Caudale Moor to the right of the cafe
The Coniston Fells
Part of the Central Beach is closed at the moment for beach replenishment work.
This is part of the final phases of the Coastal Protection programme. The building of a number of rock groynes as led to the formation of a number of small bays which are being replenished with sand taken by a dredger out of the bottom end of Morecambe Bay and offloaded at Heysham Harbour.
Taken from near the Lifeboat Station this shows Warton Crag with the old quarry
Further to the left is Arnside Knott with the Caravan park at Far Arnside on the left
When I was a youngster there were in the region of 20 Morecambe "Nobbies" or trawlers moored here. Like the fishing industry all around the UK coastline there as been a serious decline.
The RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat Station. Morecambe also as an Hovercraft but that is kept elsewhere until a new station is built near to the Stone Jetty. The Calor Gas cylinders belong to one of the shrimpers for boiling the shrimps.
Looking towards the Town Hall slipway. The "Hut on stilts" is the race office for the local yacht club
The Stone Jetty from the lifeboat station. It's 10am and they're just about to open the cafe
The cafe's open. Time for a cuppa and toast. Black Combe shows over the end of the jetty
Taken from the Stone Jetty. The shrimper as returned to his moorings and is sorting the catch hence all the gulls on the water. Ingleborough is in the distance. As I took this shot a flock of starlings flew by. Note the 2nd "tree" from the left. It's actually a mobile phone booster mast. Not even convincing from this far away!