Days of blissful weather followed by a storm so violent that during a long morning of walking into horizontal rain the wind gusted so strongly that on three occasions I was almost thrown bodily off the sea wall which I was following beside the River Ribble on my way into Preston.

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An early start.

The Liver Building, Liverpool.

Anthony Gormley; Beach Sculpture.

Early morning, Southport.

Ribble estuary.

The gathering storm; approaching Preston.