Morecambe

Knitting By The Sea

I've been posting over at Knitting By The Sea and completely forgot to move my web rings. I actually designed the knitted flag button for The UK Knitters webring and I've been a member of some rings since their early days but I realise that I will probably be booted from the webrings because this site no longer has much about knitting. Hey ho, a lesson learned.

Morecambe's new Beach

Dave and Edith Brown of wainwright wanderings have taken some good photo's of the impromptu beach that forms on Morecambe promenade since tons and tons of sand (or should we say tonnes now) were brought in and put onto the beaches as part of the coastal defence scheme. There are some very detailed photos on the Abpmer site, you can even look under a boulder to check on the habitat or admire a panoramic view from various locations along the promenade.

Clicking these photo's, which I shamelessly borrowed from Dave and Edith, will enlarge them.

Morecambe Winter Gardens

The Winter Gardens at Morecambe were the subject of two episodes on Living channels "Most Haunted". Apparently the Winter Gardens has a good side and an evil side. You can see them scaring themselves silly on this you tube video.

If you'd prefer a more gentle tour of the Winter Gardens, there is a non paranormal slide show here, Winter Gardens Virtual Tour.

I was fortunate to see a few shows and musicals at The Winter Gardens during my childhood. I admit that I fell asleep towards the end of Half a Sixpence, but I was only little and it seemed to go on for ever. I saw one of the last variety shows. According to "The Most Haunted" programme I sat in a fairly haunted spot. Maybe that's why I stayed awake that time.

Worst Morecambe Joke in the world

I have been re-visiting my old diary and noticed that in 2002 I clicked a link to The Worst Joke On The Net and was surprised to find that it related to a lady who originated in Morecambe...

A farmer woke up one morning to discover that there'd been a sudden cold spell. He ran out to check his prize cows and to his utmost horror he saw them all in the field, frozen. There were cows eating, cows sleeping, all in exactly the same position as they had been the night before. Distraught that he'd lost all his cows and his livelihood, he ran to see his prize bull, only to find that he too was frozen solid. Just as he was about to cry, he saw a little old lady coming through the field, walking up to each cow in turn. As she put her hands on each cow, it suddenly came back to life. The farmer couldn't believe his eyes, but sure enough, one by one, the cows started walking around again! As she approached, the farmer said, "That is truly a miracle - you've saved my cows and my livelihood. How on earth can I repay you?" "No need," said the little lady, "It's my job". The farmer looked bemused and asked, "Why's that then?" The little lady replied, "I'm Thora Hird".

My version of Moussaka

Recently I re-visited a recipe that I made available via my recipe box at the foot of the page. I decided to re-publish it here, as it was from my old Dear Diary site.

I have tried to cook moussaka in various ways ranging from absolute traditional to a vegetarian mushroom version. Finally I came up with my version that got the thumbs up from Sir, an accolade not lightly given.