A Walk Across Morecambe Bay

In the Summer of 2009 me and my mate decided to raise some monies for Cancer research by organising a sponsored walk across Morecambe bay. I had read a book about Cedric Robinson the Queen's guide to the sands but he sounded a bit strict so I decided to let Alan Sledmore have a go.
The Dates when walks are being done can be found on the web.
The walk we did starts from Hest Bank and ended at Kents bank a walk of about nine miles..

Here we  are looking all nice and clean and raring to go and raise some cash. In total there were about 200 people doing the walk and our group of 40  set off in a ramshackle sort of way following Alan and his helpers.

It soon became clear that the only suitable foot ware was bare feet.

Alan and his helpers use a variety of motors to get across and they will take you on a trip out into the bay to see the cockle beds.

 If anyone gets tired or has sore feet Alan will let you ride his tractor..

The sands are very firm and easy to walk on and we never saw any sign of quick sands..This is us about halfway across..

I was surprised at how quickly you lose sight of land and if you attempted this walk on your own you would need a strong constitution and a tide table.

Of course crossing the bay wouldn't be fun without getting a bit wet and you have to cross one or two little rivers

If your not up to wading you can always jump on a tractor to get you across..Some people had dogs with them so I guess you may have to carry it across here..

As you can see everybody made it safely across. This is us as we approached Kent's bank in Grange over Sands.

All in all this was a  great way to spend a Sunday Afternoon and in total we raised 2000 pounds for a good cause..