General Information

During the year 2000 D J Clark built a visual record of the Lancaster & Morecambe district using photographs and information submitted by those that feature in the pictures. The project was conducted in association with Lancaster Museum and has been archived for future generations to look back at the district at the turn of the new Millennium. For more information on the project visit the information page. If you find a caption is wrong or there is a fault with the page please e-mail D J Clark.

Date: August 18th 2000
Location: Various Locations

Photographer's Diary

The By Pass Route

I had been venturing out on several occasions when the weather was fine to trace the route of the proposed By pass route. My bike was the best way to travel and I followed the canal and lanes to try and find the route given to me by a Green Councillor on a photocopied map. It actually turned out to be far simpler than expected. Just follow the huge Pylons.

I had imagined a beautiful valley landscape that was to be scarred by a new dual carriage way, but in fact the damage was already done by huge power cables running from the Power Station at Heysham. The only point of sadness was where the road crossed the canal twice before it was due to meet the Ellel roundabout.

I shot some extra pictures at the canal harbour at Galgate and cycled home.

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