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A large beech tree grows right on the undercut lip of the rake and has... (more)

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Mum and Dad keep a close eye on Junior who, of course, is fascinated by... (more)

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This is the tallest of several rusting posts in the Kent channel just off... (more)

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The tide is receding in the Kent Channel and upper reaches of Morecambe... (more)

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In Victorian and Edwardian times pleasure boats from Morecambe used to... (more)

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There are several recorded caves at the cove and in the cliffs just to... (more)

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I asked Ali to climb to the top to make a more interesting picture but... (more)

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High tide at dusk looking across the Bay towards Humphrey Head. Only the... (more)

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It's a warm Saturday afternoon in a school half-term holiday and the... (more)

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The rock below and on the floor of the cave is highly polished by the... (more)

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The tide is right up against the rocks at The Cove making progress along... (more)

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No, it's a golden retriever swimming for stones, silly. The dog... (more)

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The sea is covering the many square miles of sand and mud of Morecambe... (more)

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This is on the Bank House Farm land owned by the National Trust.

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Look carefully on the foreground rock and you will see a small (bronze?)... (more)

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Along the Lancashire Coastal Way towards Arnside, and across the Kent... (more)

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The glare on the exposed wet sand made identifying the birds on the left... (more)

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Windward buds are less likely to survive, so trees and shrubs become... (more)

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A lovely day on the Lancastrian coast.

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The tide is coming in but it won't reach the car park today.

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Shore Road to be precise. There is a rough car park (£1 per car, honesty... (more)

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There is an honesty box for you to pay a £1 fee for parking.

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The waves reach the beach at Silverdale at high tide.

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No, just the top of a reef exposed by low tide in the channel of the... (more)

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Evening sun on the channel picks out a low, rocky reef exposed by the falling tide.

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Growing on the edge of the rocks that rise from the shingle and mud fringing the bay.

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View southward.

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Someone's going to tell me whether or not this is a cumulonimbus!... (more)

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Louring sky over Silverdale, taken 17.21, see SD4574 : Blackness on a sunny afternoon (1), SD4574 : Blackness on a sunny afternoon (3) and SD4574 : Blackness on a sunny afternoon (4).

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A black cloud swept in over the sunny afternoon at Silverdale (photo... (more)

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I scrambled up above the shingle beach to have a coffee break and take in... (more)

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At low tide. Looking towards the Cove, with Shore Cottages on the right.... (more)

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On a morning with wintry showers. Compare this view with Gary... (more)

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Volunteers from the AONB office at Arnside clean the shingle beach of the... (more)

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My brother tells me it was raining in Glasson (which is somewhere under... (more)

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Looking towards Heysham Power Station from the road between Silverdale and Far Arnside.

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Ali has spotted three herons just offshore beside the Kent channel.

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As dusk deepened these threatening clouds moved in across Morecambe Bay.... (more)

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Approximate location suggested by another contributor (Ian) by comparison... (more)

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The tide is high and quite a few anglers were out after whiting and sole... (more)

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The tide is high and quite a few anglers were out after whiting and sole... (more)

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Trying for sole and whiting on a high tide. Grange-over-Sands across the bay.

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Dusk falls over a channel of the River Kent with the silhouette of the... (more)

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These garden sculptures are a familiar sight to anyone passing through... (more)

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At low tide, south of the point. A shingle beach forms the boundary... (more)

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At sunset, south of the point. The trees suffer for growing above the... (more)

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The pot of gold (gold mine) at the end of this rainbow is the Holgates... (more)

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