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THE FOOTNOTES

Every print from Marking The Wild comes with its own trail story, this is yours.
Here you’ll find sketches, route details, reflections from the walk, and a few extra notes I couldn’t quite fit on paper.

Think of it as a companion to the artwork; a small way to step into the moment with me, and maybe take the journey for yourself.

Morecambe Bay: A Coast Built on Quiet Lines

Morecambe Bay is all about lines. Sky, water, sand and distant fells are laid out in long, calm bands of colour. It feels like someone has drawn the landscape with a steady hand and a ruler, then left the tide to blur the edges.

 

There’s an elegance to it, the kind that sits somewhere between vintage seaside postcards and the present day. Railings, promenades, straight paths with precise curves, the hint of faded signage and neat stonework; simple shapes, strong lines, soft light.

 

What keeps it interesting is how much changes within that simplicity. The water doesn’t sit still; it comes and goes in huge, deliberate movements. Sandbanks appear and vanish. Channels shift. The bay is always redesigning itself, even while it looks perfectly composed from a distance. It invites you to pay attention to small details – the pattern of ripples, the track of birds across the flats, the way reflections stretch and then disappear.

 

This isn’t a dramatic coastline in the traditional sense. It’s something quieter and more deliberate, and in its quiet lines the bay brings a steady, settling sense of calm. A place where walking feels like stepping through a series of carefully framed scenes: long views, clean horizons, a palette of blues and greys and soft golds. Morecambe Bay doesn’t shout instead it lays everything out in front of you and lets you take your time with it.

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Waypoints Through The Wild

Start: Begin near the coastal path above the bay with the sea on your right, joining the clear, red track that follows the upper edge of the shoreline.

 

Make a stop at the Cockle Pickers Memorial before descending to the beach level (if the tide allows), or continuing along the promenade. 


 

Follow the gently curving route as it moves to the right and out past the RNLI Lifeboat station and onto the stone jetty.  the  

 

Return and continue following the shoreline past the famous art deco Midland Hotel (a lovely place for a pit stop).

 

Continue onwards a little further moving off the promenade and into the West End Gardens for a change of scene, and either return behind the Midland the explore opening garden of the Morecambe War Memorial and adjacent seaside carnival. 

 

Finish: Return along the beach or explore the attractions on the main promenade including the Eric Morecambe Statue and Clock Tower. 

Sense The Scene

See: soft gradients of sand and sky, distant fells, long coastal lines.

 

Hear: quiet shoreline movement, birds over the flats,  the bustle of seaside attractions. 

 

Smell: salt air, coastal breeze, sun-warmed sand, the trace of fish & chips in the air.

 

Feel: cool bronze of the statues, wet sandcastle sand, smooth beach pebbles and seas glass shards.

 

Taste: salt on the air, vinegar on the tongue from the chips. 

Practical Parts

Parking: Available all along the promenade coastal path (check pay and display) . 

 

Facilities: Toilets, cafés and shops all along the bay.

 

Hazards: Tidal flats with shifting sands, be cautious. strong coastal winds; exposed sections in poor weather.

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