The intention today had been to go to the Kentmere area but after being on the edge of a cold for the last couple of days Edith awoke not feeling to well. Not wanting to stay away too long I decided to just nip up the road to Crag Foot and just follow my nose for a few hours before returning to administer relief to the sick and needy.

I left the car near Crag Foot where the outlet from Leighton Moss runs into Morecambe Bay.

It was only about 8am and the sun was still hidden behind the rising slope of Warton Crag.

My initial path took me on the Lancashire Coastal Way along an embankment to Jenny Browns Point. This picture is meant to show the other "Hides" belonging to the RSPB near Leighton Moss. It is called the Eric Morecambe hide after the late comedian. The picture is rather dark as it was taken into the rising sun.

After following the embankment and then the shoreline for a short while I arrived at Jenny Brown's point with the chimney of a copper smelting mill. I've no idea who Jenny Brown was or if we are related so I'll move on.

From Jenny Brown's point I walked the short distance to enter the Jack Scout nature reserve from where I took this close up of the 2 Nuclear Power Stations at Heysham. There's a lot of controversy at the moment about building Wind Farms in various locations. All I'll say on the subject is, I've got these on my doorstep.......which would you prefer?

Now to views more pleasant. Hamsfell with Grange over Sands to the left and the Lakeland fells in the distance.

The Giants seat at Jack Scout.

Leaving Jack Scout and passing the old Lime Kiln.

From here a short stroll down a lane would take me to Gibraltar.

Not the one with the big rock and apes......Just a peaceful farm and.........

these little ones. No idea how old they are but they stood about 4 feet high all with fancy ear-rings

This Gibraltar is better known for The Wolfhouse Gallery just to the right of the car

From Gibraltar to Silverdale entailed a pleasant walk through Woodwell with this little pond. It is fed from a spring in the limestone crags behind and is an haven for all sorts of pondlife.

A little further on the path I passed Woodwell Cottage. From here a short walk took me into Silverdale which I skirted around by using field paths.

Crossing the field path towards what is known as The Cove, with Grange over Sands and Hampsfell across the Kent estuary.

As I was crossing the field I noticed little "blobs" on the horizon down the bay. They are cockle-picking gangs back in action now that the cockle beds have been reopened after a closure of about 18 months. Hopefully there will be no repeat of the disaster of February 2004.

At the end of the field paths now and I'm about to drop down into The Cove. Notice the "Cave" in the cliff face to the right. Not many years ago the shoreline here was copletely different. The salt marsh reached out from the base of the crags for about 100 yards and there was a staked path across from Silverdale to Far Arnside.

It's marked on the OS map as a cave and I used to tell my kids that it was a pirates cave. My granddaughters are more streetwise however and think I'm crazy......probably right to!......It's actually an old working of some kind and goes in about 15 feet.

After leaving The Cove I walked a short distance along the road to Holgates Caravan Park. I took a path along the edge of the park towards Arnside Tower.  Over to my left was the slopes of Arnside Knott.

There was a bit of noise coming from the other side of the hedge. With a bit of patience, not something I'm known for, I managed to get this picture of a male Pheasant.

Eventually I arrived at Arnside Towere an old Pele Tower. From here my route would take me across the caravan park and into Eaves Wood to the Pepperpot

I've crossed the caravan park and entered Eaves Wood and I'm nearly at the Pepperpot. Just time for a look down on Silverdale.

The Pepperpot

From the Pepperpot I descended through the woods to the car park.

After leaving Eaves Wood the remainder of my walk would be on tarmac but "The Row" which I'm on now is a quiet lane even on a Sunday.

As I walked along The Row I passed Bank Well. It's not a place that I've taken too much notice of in the past but I decided to have a look about. The last time we passed here there was a volunteer group in chestwaders and a dinghy tidying the area up.

Bank Well

Still on The Row I passed this cottage with a good show of colour

Looking over one of Silverdale Golf Clubs greens towards Leighton Moss

and finally back to the car.

Next Walk:    2nd October 2007 -- Yoke, Sallows and Sour Howes from Troutbeck

Last Walk:    27th September 2007 -- A Lune valley walk from the Crook O'Lune

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