September 7, 2011 Leave a comment
The start of Autumn at Cleveleys
You can feel the autumn starting to march towards us, and as the last day of August comes and goes, the Starlings are singing their end of summer song and the evenings are getting shorter at Cleveleys – although we get away with extra daylight being on the West coast, and long sunsets as the day disappears over the horizon.
The relentless onset of Christmas is starting to happen with some shops already starting to get cards and tinsel in, but before the winter does descend we’ve still got plenty of nice things to look forward to at the seaside, and hopefully some warm days and walks on the beach without wellies and coats!
In between the rain we’ve had some lovely days and last week we were treated to the sight of a seal bobbing up and down just off shore. In the past they’ve had a rest on land, but this one was just having a swim and a sunbathe and enjoying the view of people sitting on the beach and fishing! A lot of work goes into keeping the seas and shore clean, from both the community and local authority, and the quantity of wildlife that we get in the seas and on the beach has risen dramatically over the years. The top reaches of shingle beach at the northern end of Cleveleys promenade are dry all year round, and this year we’ve even got a quite rare yellow horned poppy growing and flowering among the native wild plants.
The Rossall Beach Group have won Lottery funding to produce a range of interpretation signs to highlight the wildlife in the area, and are currently researching what is to go on them. DONG Energy, who famously installed the electricity cable earlier in the year for the new Walney Offshore Windfarm, have kindly contributed to the project, so other boards will explain about the views over the sea and what you can see in the distance.
I’m Jane and my business is a member of Wyre Tourism Association.
You can find out much more about Cleveleys from my website www.visitCleveleys.co.uk
