Day 22 - Workington and Maryport

We gave the car a rest today and caught the no 60 bus to Workington.  The B&B owner told us that a lot of money had been spent in recent years on regenerating the town which had become very run down.  The bus journey between Silloth and Maryport (half way) was all along the coast, passing through some nice little villages.  

Workington has all the big shops and a large area is pedestrianised so is mostly a modern town.   We also walked to the River Derwent which flows from the Lake District into the Solway Firth at Workington.  

 

River Derwent and footbridge

Former church

Unusual building in Workington

Theatre Royal, Workington

Statue in town centre

This was a sun dial but was mostly in the shade.

Wildflower planter

We had about 2 and a half hours in Workington before getting the bus back to Maryport.  Maryport felt more of a seaside resort with lots of lights up and down the main street although there were no souvenir shops.  There were a lot of local shops in the main and ajoining streets but no big stores, except Boots and B&M.  It was extremely busy with traffic.  We went to the harbour and marina.  I then walked up to the coastal path which was quite high up and over some sand dunes.  There was no beach to speak of but there might have been something on the other side of the harbour.

Memorial to Royal Navy

Old houses in Maryport

Alauna Aura - steel sculpture celebrating Maryports heritage

The harbour

The marina

Coastal path and lighthouse

View over coastal wall to a Stoney beach

Redeveloped harbour front.  Some very nice apartments 

River Ellen, flowing into the Solway Firth

Captain Nelsons Tavern

Statue called "A Fishy Tale" overlooking the River Ellen 

One of the shopping streets

We caught the bus back to Silloth and had a huge ice cream from one of the cafes and sat on the Green for a while.  It was getting noticibly cooler and the wind was getting stronger and cloud was moving in.  Back at the B&B we had a coffee and packed a few things and got the car loaded before the rain started.

We ate in the B&B again and by now it was raining heavily.

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