Exploring the Bowness marshes

Solway Railway embankment 2
Originally uploaded by allybeag

Long ago, a railway bridge used to span the Solway Firth from Bowness to Annan. It's long gone, but the evidence remains. On www.local.live.com you can trace the route of the defunct railway all the way from Aspatria to the Solway coast, and then again on the Scottish side from Annan northwards.

It's very strange, marshy ground by the water's edge here, near Bowness. The dogs leapt gracefully from lump of grass to lump of grass, but for 2-legged humans it was much harder going. I hoped to get up on to the embankment from the side, but the tide was in, and it's surrounded by almost impassible marsh so I had to give in for today. I'll be back another day though!