Thursday, July 13, 2006

Sunset this evening


I took this picture a few hours ago, on the Lancashire coast at Fleetwood. Unlike the East coast where I spend my uni days, the sun sets over the sea on the westside, far superior in my opinon as you dont have to get out of bed. We also have the vast Morecambe bay enclosed to the north by the Lakeland fells, visible on the right horizon, which with good weather can make a beautiful scene.

In the middle of the picture, although not really visible here, lies Barrow-In-Furness. This, along with Workington up the coast (which is home to a steel plant making railway rails - due to close this year), is one of Cumbrias few (ex?) Industrial towns, responsible for turning out some fine marine engineering - Submarines. I recently read that the land across the water above, Cumbria, would be one of the poorest areas in Europe if it wasnt for the tourist income generated by the Lakes.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

thats pretty xxxx

Anonymous said...

ooh, nice shots daveson!

Dave said...

Thanking you ..