Start of the walk
through a clump
of twisty white poplar trees
View from beach
of distant snow-capped hills
Cormorant’s view
from deep channel marker
Southport across the river
River Ribble
Lytham windmill ahead
Sea defence at Granny’s Bay
Curlew takes flight from a frosty saltmarsh
Sea-buckthorn berries and stonechat
End of the walk
along dunes and scrubland –
clump of white poplars ahead