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After the problem with pains in my back/chest on the previous walk probably caused by a tweaked muscle with my coughing I had taken a break over the weekend and it seemed to be OK. However on a very warm but gorgeous day I decided to take it easy. Edith was at the doctors around 11am so I decided to set off from home and walk down into Morecambe and when Edith got out of the doctors she would call me and we would meet up and take things from there.

Walking over Smithy Hill on my way from home to the shore. No need to panic about the black smoke from Heysham 1 Power Station, it's Monday morning and time to test the Gas Turbines which provide emergency back up electrical supplies.

A short walk through the community woodlands watching out for the dog poo. Like everywhere else there are some that find it OK to leave.

Across the field aiming for the flag....

.....brings me to the Half Moon Bay Cafe which unfortunately I don't have time to visit this morning. The cafe is a replacement for the old Zoo Cafe and is well worth a visit if in the area.

From the cafe I set off towards the old Heysham Head site.

The sky is amazing this morning, it looks like my youngest granddaughter as been let loose with the paintbrush.

A look back to Heysham Harbour and the Power Stations.

The views across the bay are a wee bit on the hazy side but it is a glorious morning.

This part of the old Heysham Head complex was once an International Go-Kart track but is now owned, like the Barrows by the National Trust.

Having left the old Heysham Head site I am now on Heysham Barrows. Why should I want to move from my hometown with this on the doorstep!

Looking across the Bay towards Barrow. There are some anglers on the point below me and that white speck in the bay is a small angling boat anchored in what is known as "The Gunnel".

Looking up the bay from the Stone Graves.

St Patrick's Chapel.

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Just below the Chapel is St. Peter's Church which also occupies a site overlooking the bay. MORE INFO

From the church I made my way through the bottom end of Heysham Village to access the Cliff Path to Morecambe. Cliff Path is rather an exaggeration as there are no cliffs in the area. Here I am looking back to the village....

....and ahead my way to Morecambe.

These little chappies are great favourites with young and old alike.

The stone groynes are in place as part of the sea defence programme. Sand carried in the waters of the bay should build up behind them.

It works better on the south side of the groyne as the sand is moved with long-shore drift.

When the final stages of the sea defence programme was carried out this section of the promenade was also upgraded. It makes a pleasant walk on a nice day.

The beach along this stretch is holding more sand than ever before.

I am now at what will forever be known to me as the Grosvenor. The Grosvenor Hotel was a beautiful stone built hotel and in my opinion a far better building than the Midland Hotel further along the promenade which was saved because of its art deco links.

Not the most flattering of pictures but a fine building when in it's prime.

Looking towards the Battery from the new groyne at the Grosvenor.

By the time I arrived at the Battery and the new car park on reclaimed ground it was very very warm. I would have loved to have had a cool down in the splash area but unfortunately my Furosemide tablets (Diuretic) and the splashing water made a visit elsewhere take preference.

Fortunately the toilets near what I call the Microwave Cafe are free unlike most of the public toilets in the area. Being a Monday the cafe was closed or I would have partaken here.

Looking towards the Stone Jetty. The area of green is Spartina Grass which as taken over the beach at Grange across the bay. Fortunately it does like wet muddy sand and hopefully as the level of sand rises here it will die off.

The 3 fairly new play areas near the Battery.

Another splash area but I'm in control now ;-)

This section of beach as recently been cleaned by a purpose built machine which is towed along and lifts the top few inches of sand which falls through a sieve before returning to the beach. Any rubbish is hopefully left in a collection basket on the machine.

Hazy Coniston Fells across the bay.

The Stone Jetty as I approach the Midland Hotel. I have been waylaid a couple of times by friends and am now way behind my schedule so a visit to the cafe is put on hold.

The Midland Hotel.....Take a look inside

The rare Slatey Grey Cormorants dry their wings on the Stone Jetty.

Morecambe's sadly depleted fishing fleet.

The RNLI's "Home for the Hover".........MORE INFO

My old mate Andy's boat, the "Linda". Built in fibreglass she was cast from a mould of the "Sir William Priestly" the last fisherman's lifeboat at Morecambe before the RNLI took over.  The "Sir William Priestley" was taken to the Lancaster Maritime Museum.

The Central Beach at Morecambe. Very quiet on a Monday but if it's like this at the weekend it will be busy.

" Our Eric"....I don't think it needs any explanation. I just hope that one day there's a similar statue of DameThora Hird DBE

Looking back along the Central Beach to the Midland and Stone Jetty. I grabbed myself a cold drink here from a cafe near the Clock Tower. Whilst sat down enjoying it I had a call from Edith to say she had just come out of the doctors. I told her to park up on the Promenade further along and to walk back to meet up.

This area at Green Street was once the main meeting place of the Morecambe fisherman. The RNLI IRB station is just to my right.

I am now at the top of Lord Street known to us older sandgrown 'uns as Kiln Brow. As a youngster this was my playground buried somewhere under those rocks and tons of pebbles.

Edith met up with me here and we walked back to the car at Broadway.

And that's my lot!!!

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