New Solway Mosses boardwalks.....walk

We parked up, for our traditional family Boxing Day walk, opposite the Glendale Caravan Park turning on the coast road, just south of Port Carlisle. Then we walked towards the park and turned right down the lane that runs down the side of the park. This now leads to a new birding/viewing platform with splendid views across Glasson Moss to Skiddaw; then onto a new stretch of boardwalk that takes you right across the moss to the Bowness on Solway to Kirkbride road. After crossing the road and walking for a hundred metres or so, you come to the Rogersceugh lane. It was a tad damp after the last two days of rain, so wellies were undoubtedly the best option! Then the lane leads down to the board walk across Bowness common and to North Plain farm. A super walk - blue skies; rusty winter colours; lots of wigeon and teal and good views across to Criffel. We did the walk with two cars - one parked at North Plains and the other, as I said, on the coast road. Lovely to be able to get into the middle of the mosses.

Boardwalks ...

Views .....

Reflections ....

...and frog jelly/star jelly.
If a frog is attacked by a predator, it will dump its unfertilised spawn, which then swells on contact with water.
There were at least four exampes of this.