17th October 2009
After a walk up Gummer's How and a visit to Fell Foot park for a bite to eat it was too nice a day to return home. Bowness was a possibility but would probably be heaving with folk enjoying the fine weather so we decided on a visit to Grange over Sands which is set between the Lake District fells and Morecambe and enjoys one of the mildest climates in the north of England. We left the car just outside the town near the golf course and walked first along the promenade to the cafe before returning via the ornamental gardens a distance of around 2.5 miles.
Part of our route would follow the Cumbria Coastal Way, a 180 mile walk along Cumbrias coastline.
Crossing the railway line and a look towards Sandside over the Kent estuary
Towards Grange with a train on its way to Lancaster from Barrow
The foreshore at Grange as changed drastically since I was younger. Once it was a mixture of some sand most mostly mud flats and sea-washed turf. Nowadays it as been taken over by Spartina Grass and all efforts at eradication have failed.
Across the estuary to Arnside Knott with Holme Island in front.
The town council should be praised at the way the promenade is maintained.
The gardens and shelters along this stretch are well looked after.
Arnside Knott & Heaththwaite
Time for a brew
On our way back now to visit the ornamental gardens
An age gone by.....In the foreground are the foundations the old Victorian "Bayley Lane Pier" built by the Morecambe Bay Steamboat Company. Here visitors from Morecambe would be brought by steamboat when the tides were favourable.
The Ornamental Gardens
The little one was sharing a loaf with with ducks and gulls. Screams of laughter accompanied every throw when the gulls went daft.
"gerroff"....."this piece is for me!"
Walking back to the car all that remains is the drive around the top of the bay to home.
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