Sunday, 20 March 2005

Coastwalk

Hest Bank → Morecambe

[Warning about the sands]

Distance: 2.07 miles
Ascent: 29 metres
Duration: 38 minutes

Irresitable draw
« Carnforth | Lancaster »

I couldn't shake off the feeling I'd not walked enough today so I sneaked in this short walk. Hopefully I'll not have to walk the coast north of Hest Bank. Instead I'll stride into the village having been guided across the sands of Morecambe Bay - this village is the at the southern end of the ancient byway across the bay.

[Cocklers on the sands]

The death of 20 cocklers on the sands last year doesn't seem to have closed the bay entirely, but a good number of people were sat on the beach looking nervously out as the tide raced in. It'll be a nervous nine mile walk when I come to do it, but it is perhaps the stretch of coastline I'm most looking forward to completing.

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Coastwalk

Lancaster → Glasson Dock

[Derelict riverside buildings in Lancaster]

Distance: 5.93 miles
Ascent: 76 metres
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes

The second day
« Morecambe | Knott End-on-Sea »

"You'll be having a short day won't you?" Em asked last night. She's getting to know me rather well. In my book the second day of a week's walking is best taken easy. So a short distance out of Lancaster to the next major village. It's been an estuary walk, and tomorrow I'll find the open sea again.

[Runners at Glasson Dock]

I'm beginning to see Lancaster as a very athletic town. Yesterday I passed playing fields and a velodrome; today I was overtaken by the four hundred competitors of a 20-mile run. It's enough to make my six miles seem very lazy.

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