(Above: the mysterious tidal waterways, or ‘channels’ of Bolton-le-Sands, begin a short distance from the last

It’s like a Dutch canal system in miniature. It’s usually freezing cold, and seems to go dark quicker, there, than anywhere else we visit.

Welcome to the hidden gem of the shore at Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire.

(On the foreshore – popular with dog walkers – Tess meets a fellow ‘Lassie’ collie. Tess is a smooth and this was a rough, but apart from coat length, they are genetically identical)

There’s a main channel that divides the long shoreline in two. The collie loves it, as she can vault over the narrow waters in pursuit of the frisbee; then turn to see if I dare follow…

Old two-legs is not as agile as she – even if she is an old girl, now, so I concentrate on landing the frisbee it where I know we can both go…

(Above: the narrow ‘creeks’ can be the most deadly)

With the sun fading in the sky, we turned to pick our way back over the channels to the safety of the car.

We live to bark another day!

Stephen Tanham 2023

Stephen Tanham is a writer, mystical teacher and Director of the Silent Eye, a correspondence-based journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being.

http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog

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