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2016.09.25 - Coach Ramble - Arnside Round Walk 'A' group. A & B groups followed same route largely on shore edge from Arnside to New Barns where they split. The  'A' group continued to Far Arnside, Hollins Farm & up to Arnside Knott (viewing point)., down to Arnside Cemetery, under rail track and up to Hazelslack Tower, Fairy Steps, through Underlaid Wood to Storth, Sandside (through 'railway cutting', on edge of salt marsh (on old Hincaster railway track) back to Arnside - leaders Susan Rushworth & Jan Randall - Sunday

Kent Viaduct near Arnside

warning notice

starting walk from Arnside

train on Kent Viaduct

passing Arnside Coastguard Station

Grange Over Sands behind. Children being instructed how to sail

one of several fishermen seen

limestone rock in most of area

a drain for water runoff

zoomed into building on far side

as above

zoomed into Heysham Nuclear Power Plants - apparently both 1 & 2 operating managed by EDF

with mud on boot soles a slippery limestone slope to ascend

Grange Over Sands

Heysham closer in

black belted Galloway cattle

brown belted Galloway cattle

view toward Lakeland mountains

view toward Lakeland mountains

Arnside Cemetery

Hazelslack Tower - Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger.

Fairy Steps - not to be attempted by the obese
Kent Viaduct seen from the North
The Hincaster railway link - now a trail. The picture here is of the Sandside Cutting
the railway line (now a trail) was on an embankment to the East of the Milnthorpe Sands
Old Signal Box on railway line Arnside to Grange Over Sands

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