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By myself today as it was Ediths day for visiting her brother. It was nearly 11:30am before I left the house to go to Conder Green and arrived there as the day seemed to be brightening. No climbing today just a mixture of paths including The Lancashire Coastal Way.

I left the car at the picnic site at Conder Green and set off on the Lancashire Coastal Way to Glasson Dock

Looking towards Glasson as I cross the River Conder. This section of the LCW is on a disused railway line

A look back and there are dark clouds over Lancaster and Clougha Pike

A short diversion from the LCW to enter Glasson via the canal towpath

Christ Church at Glasson, built in 1840 it is a Grade 2 listed building.

The freshwater marina at Glasson. Many of these vessels never move, they are used as weekend retreats.

The saltwater basin looked rather quiet. The lock gates at the far end lead out into the River Lune and are opened for a short period either side of high water. There are another set of locks behind where I am standing that lead into the freshwater marina.

Looking across the River Lune to Sunderland Point from my highest point of the day, Tithe Barn Hill which is about 60 feet above sea level.

Back on the LCW and crossing the fields to Crook Farm

Still dark over Clougha

A close up of the far end of Sunderland Point from Crook Farm

Crook Farm

Info board

The farmers were busy getting the recently cut grass in.

Plover Scar lighthouse.......when was it built?.....you'll know if you read the Info board.

There seems to be some restoration work being done at Cockersand Abbey.....by whom and for which agency I'm not sure as there was nobody about to ask....

but being the nosy beggar I am, it did give me the opportunity to have a peek inside , something I've never been able to do before.

My way ahead to Bank Houses

Seemed a placid sort of chappie!

Approaching Bank Houses and the old lookout station

How does that saying go?.....Grass, greener.....other side is it?

On the field paths returning to Glasson

Still collecting the grass in

I love sweetcorn!

Back to Brows Bridge over the canal

And finally .....back to Conder Green and the car

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