Sad news today. Cedric Robinson, Guide to the Sands for more than half a century, has died aged 88. The role was created in 1548, during the dissolution of the monasteries, when the reigning monarch inherited an obligation to appoint guides for travellers over the sands of Morecambe Bay. For a salary of £15 a year (plus rent-free accommodation in Guides Farm in Kents Bank) Cedric steered hundreds of thousands of people away from the quicksands and fast-filling channels of the ever-changing bay. The pic is of the River Kent at Arnside: the starting point of many cross-bay walks…
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