Back when I had more grey hair on my head than today, I went to
Antony Gormley's Another Place.
On Mrs Nikos' recent birthday, I saw it as fitting recollection of our time in
Cuxhaven to revisit Crosby beach on our way to another place.
The drive from Crosby Beach to Windermere (not the another place but another place on route to another place), took us through the grinding suburbia of Southport and miles of
semi-detatched squalor that seems to take away the feeling of being beside the sea.
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| Lake Windermere, another place but not the Another Place - the Cumbrian mountains form a backdrop. |
We drove into the town of Windermere and made a stop for a traditional English lunch of chicken tikka massala. After paying the Polish waitress and as the sun was setting we headed for yet another place, but not Another Place a place where we would spend the night in non decadent style. Skirting around Lake Windermere we headed south with Coniston Water to our port beam. I told Mrs Nikos about
Donald Campbell, Bluebird and Mr Woppet.
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| Yet another place on Mrs Nikos' birthday tour of North West England. |
This would be our first ever stay in a fully functional Iconic Art Deco Hotel dominated by a sea horse motif.
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| Shower drain |
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| Clever staircase would work if the hotel listed by 90degrees |
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| Early morning view of the prom and Cumbria. |
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The sun is eclipsed by the light of the Lighthouse cafe where overpriced Asda* instant coffee may be consumed.
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* A typical ASDA shopper with her master.
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Addendum
Following a clarifying comment I present to you another typical ASDA shopper:
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