Homeward bound

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The wood-built fishing boat, "Helen Mona", constructed in Denmark in 1973, showing a Ballantrae (Scotland) identification code, but fishing out of Fleetwood, Lancashire, rides the tide up the Wyre Channel in the evening sunlight, heading for its berth, followed by some optimistic gulls.

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"In the morning be first up, and in the evening the last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish."
English proverb

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The Wyre Channel

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The Wyre Channel snakes out to sea, marking the course of the River Wyre as it flows into Morecambe Bay. It is the deep water route taken by the ferries as they enter the port of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Here, a few holiday-makers walk along its banks, overshadowed by a dramatic sky recently cleared of rain, and the distant Cumbrian Mountains.

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"The sea washes all man's ills away."
Euripides (484?-406B.C.), Greek dramatist

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Beached hulks

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I don't know how many years these wrecks have been stranded on the banks of the Wyre estuary at Fleetwood, Lancashire. But time and tide are certainly taking their toll.

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"A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy."
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish novelist and poet

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The Lighthouse

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A repeat of a shot I took a year ago that I felt I should have done better! It shows the Lower Lighthouse (built by the architect Decimus Burton in 1840) at Fleetwood, Lancashire, as the focal point in four patches of colour.

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"Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse."
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English novelist (from "The Pickwick Papers")

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Beach huts

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Small beach huts, for daily or weekly hire, like these at Fleetwood, Lancashire, are a feature of many UK seaside resorts. Their bright colours and promenade location make them popular with families.

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"Colour seems to radiate happiness and the spirit of modern life..."
Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), English ceramic artist

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Walking the dog

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It's sometimes hard to decide who gets the most out of walking and playing - the dog or its owner. This couple, near the sand hills at Fleetwood, Lancashire, both seemed to be oblivious of the cold wind, and simply took great delight in each other's company.

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"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."
Samuel Butler (1835-1902), English novelist

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This image was Picture of the Day on 21st March 2007 on the French blog, PIXELMACNIAC.

photograph (c) T. Boughen