It’s time to say goodbye to our extended Easter break.
Not including everyday walks to and from local shops, we’ve managed to clock up nearly 39 miles or 62 km of hiking.
Today was slower. After shopping for food supplies and a quick coffee break, I made and put a ragù on the slow cooker, and then we ventured towards the Furness peninsula for a waltz around Bardsea beach.
Bardsea beach offers extensive views of the Cartmel peninsula from its position at the outflow of the Levens Estuary, which ultimately joins Morecambe Bay. Much like Morecambe Bay, the coast of Bardsea is largely expansive sand and mudflats with seemingly unending panoramas. On our visit, conditions were clear enough to easily make out the Southern Lake District fells 22 km away and even Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales, 43 km away as the crow flies.
Throughout much of its history, Bardsea was a small farming and fishing village, accessible only by carefully crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay. The village also has historical ties with the Quaker movement as founder George Fox married the local landowner Margaret Fell.
Overall, a lovely way to cap off our extended Easter break.
All photos shot on my Fujifilm X-T2 using my three prime lenses: a Samyang 35mm f/1.2, a Laowa 9mm f/2.8, and an adapted Pentax SMC 55mm f/2.0. Developed using RNI’s Fuji Fortia SP film profile.
As a contrast to the consistently clear skies we’ve enjoyed this past week, today was overcast and deliciously moody.
The Southern Fells of the Lake District and the endless expanse of sand at the Levens Estuary.
Even in overcast conditions, you could clearly see Ingleborough (723 m/2,372 ft) from the beach, 43 km away in the Yorkshire Dales.
When the industrialisation of the Furness peninsula developed in the 19th-century, Bardsea became an important sea port. The remnants of all this activity now lies in ruins along the beach front.
I enjoyed the layering of this composition.
A small child, running freely across the sands of Bardsea beach.
When the tide is out, one can follow the many channels cut into the Levens Estuary.
Daffodils and other spring follows bloom in the small woods just off the beach.
Testament to Bardsea’s short-lived but intense period of serving the Furness peninsula as a sea port.
