42. Lost in the Mire, Morecambe Bay Sands, Lancashire
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This week, side by side with Neil, we’re striding across a vast, treacherous bay where one false move could see us paying for it with our lives.
Almost 500 years ago, in 1548, the people of Morecambe Bay Sands asked for help, because crossing this vast tidal expanse was so treacherous many lives were being lost. The tides race across the sands faster than a horse can gallop and the bay is dotted with patches of deadly quicksand known locally as Melgraves, which have caught and dragged many to their deaths.
Morecambe Bay is surround and suffused with history, from the C14th Piel castle, which was the Yorkists mustering point in the last hurrah of the Wars of the Roses, to the Midland Hotel, an art deco masterpiece bursting with glitz and glamourous guests, which was opened in 1933. Above everything, it’s a breath-taking landscape that plays its part in our history and reminds us of our place in the powerful natural world.
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| 1:37.8 | In 1548 a cry for help went up and it was answered. And to this day that same help and guidance is still being given. |
| 1:44.4 | Deadly tides racing in faster than a horse can gallop, |
| 1:48.9 | Mel graves that have caught and dragged many to their deaths. |
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