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On a beach…welcome to manonabeach.com, where I’ll regularly add video of my beach visits, so you can enjoy a flavour of the beach, even when you’re not there.

Bardsea Beach

Season: autumn

This peaceful, quiet beach has a get-away-from-it-all feel. The surface is shingle at the back, but soon changes to the apparently endless sand of Morecambe Bay. Nearby Bardsea is quaint and engaging and there’s fine coastal walking from here. If you’re looking for some time to contemplate, this could be the place for you. There’s a meditation retreat just up the coast too in an ideal location. Dogs are welcome all year round and the air is clean and fresh.

What the beach means to Philippa.

Sunshine at Bardsea.

Grange-over-Sands

Season: autumn

Often bracketed with Kents Bank beach, Grange-over Sands looks east over Morecambe Bay. It’s also the starting point for walks into the bay at low tide. Be sure to stick to guided walks. There is also excellent coastal walking from here. The beach itself is both grassy and tidal, as you’d expect from its setting. Fishing is popular too. The town is an Edwardian timepiece, with attractive parks and independent shops, as well as pubs and hotels. Proximity to Cartmel is advantageous, including the celebrated L’Enclume restaurant. With the southern Lakes nearby, natural beauty abounds here.

The promenade gardeners at Grange-over-Sands.

A fine autumn morning by the sea.

Morecambe

Season: autumn

Morecambe has two beaches, South and North, divided by the Leisure Park, RNLI Lifeboat station and the part of the promenade that extends out into Morecambe Bay. Both of the beaches are sandy and this is a traditional seaside town, so you’ll find good fish ‘n chips, as well as amusement arcades and pleasure palaces. The tide run is extremely quick here, revealing an enormous expanse of sand at low tide, when cockle pickers descend on the bay to harvest nature’s bounty.

What the beach means to Sharlene.

The scene by Morecambe beach.