SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019SANDS OF TIME
Our travel correspondent Simon Calder is making the most of the UK
in August by taking on a challenge a day, and he hopes that you might
follow. Today, day seven, he takes a bare-footed stroll on the shifting
terrain of Morecambe Bay
Seabed stroll: yesterday was a fine day for an adventure (Simon Calder)
You can’t fault Google Maps for optimism. At 1pm yesterday the dark blue dot placed me, accurately, in the
middle of the light blue of Morecambe Bay, a mile from the nearest shore. “Try restaurants, coffee,” it
advised. At that moment, though, my immediate concern was to ford the channel formed by the River Kent
as it rushes from the highlands of Cumbria to the sea.
The Ordnance Survey map carries a red alert: “Public Rights of Way across Morecambe Bay are dangerous.