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Arnside 2

Posted by
grouser (Ludlow, United Kingdom) on 29 March 2019 in Landscape & Rural.

When the tide goes out completely the whole bay here becomes a treacherous area of sand and quicksand too dangerous to be traversed without the aid of an experienced guide. It is where a group of Chinese cockle pickers drowned a few years ago after being cut of by the tide, which races in over the undulating sandbanks. They had been dropped off by an unscrupulous gang-master who failed to properly brief them on the dangers of the bay

Canon EOS 1000D 1/1000 second F/22.0 ISO 200 24 mm

Canon EOS 1000D
1/1000 second
F/22.0
ISO 200
24 mm

arnside
cumberland
uk