It’s been a lovely start to the year in Morecambe with The Bay: a Blueprint for Recovery, and we’ve been having so much fun that it is already March!
We may have been battling many storms recently but we have still had some wonderful times out in nature, connecting with our local environment and embracing the elements. We’ve been blessed with some wonderful sunny weather during sessions and events which has made our mindful moments very calming; feeling the warmth of the sun on our faces as we engage with the senses and ground ourselves in the present moment. We have also seen and learnt about lots of local nature including an abundance of wintering waders, starling murmurations, and many rockpool creatures.
Since late December we have created three hubs around the Morecambe and Lancaster area where we are holding our weekly nature and wellbeing sessions. These are Happy Mount Park in Morecambe, The Storey Gardens in Lancaster, and the ECOhub at Lancaster University Campus.
At these sessions, our nature and wellbeing officer, Alex, and trainee, Megan, work with participants on a range of activities. At the ECOhub, we have been very creative, making natural crafts from willow fish to sea glass clay mosaics. At the Storey Gardens, we have been helping the friends volunteer group with gardening tasks and have recently started a D.I.Y. project making a bench out of old pallets to be used as a place to sell plants from the gardens! Finally, at Happy Mount Park, we have the luxury of the beautiful coastline which we have enjoyed on sunny days. Whilst in the park itself we have renovated a bug house, made bird feeders, and tamed the willow tunnels!
