There is a royal appointment whose entire job is walking people across this bay. It is 478 years old, and people still book months ahead.
That is the sort of place this is, and nobody covers it as one. Both shores, one email, every Thursday.
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One Day Left, Four Miles Over The County Line
Westmorland County Show is at Lane Farm, Crooklands, near Milnthorpe, and today is the second and last day of it. Gates opened at 8am, it runs to 6pm, and parking is free.
Cattle, sheep, pigs and goats. Food halls, trade stands, the whole apparatus of a proper county show, on a permanent showground the society has held for generations. More than 30,000 people come through it, which makes it one of the largest shows in the country.
Westmorland County Show | Lane Farm, Crooklands, Milnthorpe LA7 7NH Today only, 8am to 6pm. Free parking. westmorlandshow.co.uk
Around the bay
Open Days Galore!
Heritage Open Days runs 11th to 20th September and this year's theme is Everyday Histories, so shopkeepers and mill workers rather than lords. Lancaster Castle, the Judges' Lodgings, The Storey, Lancaster Priory, Morecambe Heritage Centre and Morecambe Winter Gardens are all in. Free, donations welcome, and a handful of the tours want booking ahead.
Full programme
Go and See Eric While You Still Can
Follow The Sunshine closes on Saturday 19th. Photos, postcards, letters, scripts, in his centenary year. It opens Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only, so the nine days left are really five, and one of them is today.
This exhibition is supported by Morecambe Town Council.
Details
A Bit of Bang For You
Bay Drumfest lands on Saturday 26th, free. The Drum Trail leaves the Stone Jetty at 1pm, there is an open workshop with the Baybeat Street Band at the Kings Arms at 3pm, and the Grand Sunset Parade goes from the RNLI station at 6.50pm. Batala Lancaster, Baybeat, Banda na Rua, SambAfriq and the Milnthorpe Steel Band, plus stilt walkers. Samba Espirito organised it for their tenth birthday. A Cumbrian band on a Lancashire prom, which is rather the point of all this.
There is a Royal Warrant On a Shrimp Firm in Flookburgh
James Baxter & Son have been potting Morecambe Bay shrimps since 1880, out of a family that has been in this bay since the 1600s. Seven generations, one secret recipe, and by their own account the process has never changed. The Queen Mother gave them a Royal Warrant in the sixties, Queen Elizabeth renewed it in the seventies, and King Charles and Queen Camilla granted it fresh in December 2024. You can order online or ring them on 01524 410910, Monday to Friday, nine till three.
WHAT'S ON · 10th - 17th SEPTEMBER
Thursday 10th
Westmorland County Show, final day | Crooklands, Milnthorpe. 8am to 6pm, free parking
Supper and Stories with the head gardener | Holker Hall
Follow The Sunshine | Morecambe
Seann Walsh: This is Torture | Grand Theatre, Lancaster
Friday 11th
Heritage Open Days opens | Both shores, running to the 20th.
The Take That Experience | Grand Theatre, Lancaster. 7.30pm
Saturday 12th
Charter Family Fun Day | Ulverston, from 10.30am.
Free Sketching for Beginners | Holker Hall
King Street Arts, open for Heritage Open Days | 5A King Street, Lancaster
Follow The Sunshine | Morecambe Lunesdale Arts Open Studios Trail | Lune Valley
Lunesdale Arts Open Studios Trail | Lune Valley. 11am to 5pm
Sunday 13th
Heritage Day: Life of the Theatre | Grand Theatre, Lancaster. From 10am
Lunesdale Arts Open Studios Trail, last day | Lune Valley. 11am to 5pm (Full Brochure)
5 Mistakes That Changed History | Grand Theatre, Lancaster. 7.30pm
Monday 14th
Nothing else anywhere we looked. Put the kettle on.
Tuesday 15th
Oh Zeus! | The Dukes, Lancaster. 7pm, and nightly to Saturday. £24, £23 members. 140 mins, 12+
Wednesday 16th
Oh Zeus! | The Dukes, Lancaster. 7pm
Scott Bennett: Stuff, plus special guests | Grand Theatre, Lancaster. 7.30pm
Thursday 17th
Oh Zeus! | The Dukes, Lancaster. 7pm
Opera Boys: The Farewell Tour, starring Paul Potts | Grand Theatre, Lancaster. 7.30pm
Any day
Leighton Hall | Carnforth. Open until the 28th
Holker Hall and gardens | Cark-in-Cartmel. Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm. £15.95 for hall and gardens together
Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway | The heritage steam line between Haverthwaite and Lakeside. Season runs to 1st November
Lakeland Motor Museum | Backbarrow. Open daily from 9.30am, last entry 4.30pm. Adult £13.25, child £7.90, family £36, under fives free
Cartmel Priory Gatehouse | Cartmel. Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm
The Karel Klic town trail | Lancaster. Free, pick it up from The Storey
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See you Thursday.
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