Name of walk	Sizergh,Heysham,Morecambe & Beetham
Date of walk	2026-10-20

The visit to Sizergh to see the autumn colours was by myself on a separate day. Heysham, Morecambe and Beetham were walks with Sue. Sue hadn’t seen the rock cut 8th century graves at Heysham, or been to the Deer Park in Beetham, so we made a day of it.

I walked to the back of the Mirror Pond which gives excellent reflections of Sizergh Castle. As I was driving to Sizergh there was a thermal inversion covering the valley beyond the hill down to Grange Over Sands. The mist had only just started to clear when I took this photo.

I then visited the Rock Garden.

Glorious colours.

The other pond.

The garden beyond the South Lawn.

In the woodland.

The mist had now cleared, but clouds were coming over.

Sue and I parked in the car park in Heysham village, walking through the village towards St. Peter's Church.

So many of the old cottages are now self catering accommodation.

The cottages are very old.

St. Peter's Church has a superb aspect. We will visit on our return.

The rock cut graves date from the 8th century and appear on a Black Sabbath album cover.

St. Patrick's Chapel, also 8th century.

Sue tries the driest one out for size. People must have been much smaller then, as Sue is not exactly a giant.

This photo is from 2008 when my son Tom was still small enough to fit, and the graves weren’t full of water.

We head for the sculpture in Half Moon Bay.

Ship, a sculpture by Anna Gillespie is in Half Moon Bay.

Then we continued on to the Half Moon Cafe for a coffee.

Cafe view.

Oyster Catcher sculpture.

We head back along the shore path spotting birds amongst the rocks.

View back up to St. Patrick's Chapel. The weather is not so good now.

Ladybirds on the rock.

It rained when we were in the churchyard. I wanted to point out this gravestone to Sue.

This was the wording at the base of the cross. Harsh! This photo is from a decade ago as the wording is less visible now.

The little garden next to the churchyard was lovely, it was full of toys, ornaments, statues etc. Kids would love it.

Inside St. Peter's Church.

We park on Morecambe Promenade and head for the Stone Jetty.

The Midland Hotel on the right. This was used in a few of the 'Poirot' TV series episodes. The hotel is art deco from the 1930's.

Stone cormorants.

View down the jetty.

The Time and Tide Bell was installed by Marcus Vergette on the Stone Jetty in Morecambe in 2019. The waves make the clapper ring the bell at high tide.

From the jetty.

Painted cormorants are everywhere.

Bird sculpture as we cross over to Brucciani's Ice cream parlour.

Unfortunately only one was mine!

We then head for the Eric Morecambe statue and take the customary photos.

It looks like Eric is levitating.

The circles contain famous Eric and Ernie quotes.

I was one of those people.

Midland Hotel, a shame its in the shade.

Venus and Cupid sculpture by Shane A. Johnstone on the Promenade.

Sue had never been to Beetham Deer Park, so I took her on the circuit I usually do. The walk starts at the path beside the bridge. We looked for Kingfishers, but had no luck.

Heron Corn Mill from the footbridge.

No sign of any deer on our walk towards the river, not even by the deer shelter. Maybe on our return?

View of Dallam Tower and out towards Lord's Seat.

We follow the path by the river.

A stag on the far side under the tree.

Too far away for a good photo.

We head out and follow the road back past Dallam Tower, and re-enter the Deer Park through the next gates.

The herd were on the move and a couple of the Fallow deer came our way. We followed the permitted path back to the cairn, then walked back the way we had come.

Another stag was happy to sit just in front of us.

The whole herd had moved in to view.

This chap was giving us the eye, and as it was rutting season we didn't stop but continued back up the hill. Sometimes I wish I did have more than an Iphone to take photos, as zoom ones are never very clear.

Sue has been very lucky to see the deer so close up on her first visit to the deer park.

An excellent two days of gentle walks.

Jo.