Changing times
The past: why Moricambe Bay was also known as Hudson Bay – the result of events during World War II.
Dawn on the edge of Moricambe (Hudson) Bay
Dawn on the edge of Moricambe (Hudson) Bay
How to identify aircraft in flight: Royal Observer Corp chart; the Lockheed Hudson is 4th from the bottom right
How to identify aircraft in flight: Royal Observer Corp chart; the Lockheed Hudson is 4th from the bottom right
Model aircraft, Solway Aviation Museum
Model aircraft, Solway Aviation Museum
Model of the Lockheed Hudson bomber, no. 86. Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle
Model of the Lockheed Hudson bomber, no. 86. Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle
The grave of Franklin Zurbrigg, d.1943; Causewayhead graveyard, Silloth
The grave of Franklin Zurbrigg, d.1943; Causewayhead graveyard, Silloth
The present: wildfowling on the saltmarshes and merses, when the migrant geese have arrived: why do wildfowlers do it – and why some attitudes have recently changed.
The South Solway Wildfowlers' sign on Border Marsh; the masts of Anthorn in the distance
The South Solway Wildfowlers' sign on Border Marsh; the masts of Anthorn in the distance
Wildfowling dog Lucy, waiting in the creek at dawn
Wildfowling dog Lucy, waiting in the creek at dawn
A wildfowler's frosty dawn, Border Marsh
A wildfowler's frosty dawn, Border Marsh
The future: tidal power schemes and their effect on the Firth. What is it that we ‘want’ from the Solway? What sort of a place should this be?
As the child in Simon Armitage’s poem asks, ‘If I breathed the word’ ….
View across the Firth toward Dumfries
View across the Firth toward Dumfries
