New sea wall.

The sea wall in Morecambe needed replacing.  It was crumbling in places and probably getting a bit dangerous in parts.
Last year, they did the stretch from Happy Mount Park down to Morecambe Town Hall. This section looks very nice, with a surface reminiscent of sand, apt at a seaside resort.  Where roads meet the prom, there's the road name set in the concrete. There are also some platforms, where wheelchairs can use ramps, and they create mini viewing points. New play areas were put in place as well.
After Christmas, they started the stretch from the Midland hotel to Regent Road. Being nosy, I asked one of the guys if we would be getting any platforms. The answer was, yes, one. The guy I was talking to explained that the reason for the platforms was a difference in height between the road/footpath and the prom, and there was only one place on our stretch that fitted the bill.
What they have done looks great, I don't think that they are going to put the road names on, but there are pictures in the pieces of the wall on either side of the places where you access the prom. Waves near to the Midland, fairground depiction either side opposite where Frontierland was, and tide ripples, at the bottom of West End Road.
The preparations for the platform are starting, they've also knocked down the disused toilet block at the end of Regent Road.  That's a little odd, but we'll get used to it.
There is a little dissatisfaction that the stretch between Regent Road and the Battery is not going to be done......no money.  However, having lived here at the time of the sea wall being first done, the groynes were constructed at the same time. The shape of the ones out from the Battery car park is obviously well planned, and breaks the waves sufficiently so as not to create any onshore damage.
There has been one thing that has made me a little sad, the seats have been taken out, prom narrowed, and access has been restricted, and I can't currently get onto the prom near me.
It'll be great when it's finished, but the new benches at the other end of town don't look very comfortable.

Too much plastic!

I see things on Facebook asking for signatures on petitions to the government about reducing single use plastic, and emails about the same subject. Here's my take on it.
All very well signing petitions, but they don't always get read, let alone debated.
It's quite simple, if you don't want to ruin the planet for your future generations, do your bit.
If everyone did their own "bit", it all would add up. I refuse carrier bags, have stopped buying liquid soap.
A drop in the ocean....but I made my own fabric bags over ten years ago. That's an awful lot of carrier bags over ten years.
Ready meals frequently are in single use plastic, why not make your own, freeze the surplus for another day.  Some people live off ready meals...
This problem with single use plastic has escalated in recent years, plus there are many people who still refuse to recycle.
I started recycling years before everyone had recycling bins at home, but I was aware of the future problem back then.
Back then people who recycled were cranks.

You shouldn't have to see a photograph of a turtle stuck in a six pack plastic to make you think that you should be careful with your rubbish.

Ok, this might feel controversial to some, but it's my thoughts. You don't have to agree, and that's your prerogative. If you don't agree, please don't leave argumentative comments.