The fine weather continues but three of us are on light duties, Dougal included, so it a walk with a difference . . . down at the seaside.

The Tourist Board always want folk to spread out and enjoy all aspects of Cumbria and after today we certainly agree what a good idea that can be,

and today we only just scratch the surface of what Maryport had to offer.

We started our walk from King Street, close to Town Steps, following in the 'steps' of a famous painter.

Climbing up the steps gave us a great view out over the docks . . . the tide is as low today as I've ever seen it.

The view from the top after walking a short way along High Street.

Click here or on the photo above for a larger annotated panorama.

Ahead, the finger post will tell you how far and what direction to go, to get to various points along the Roman Empire.

Ravenglass (29), Bowness on Solway (28), Wallsend (110) and Rome (1147 miles).

The Senhouse Roman Museum with a replica wooden sentry tower.

These are of modern construction and overlook the 'mound and ditch' remains of the old Roman fort, situated in the field to the right.

It would have been a great lookout over the sea and along the route of the Roman boundary, up and down the coast.

There's no formal Roman Wall at this point, as that stopped at Bowness,

but a series of forts and mile castles like this continue down the coast to Roman Ravenglass.

Along the route of the Roman track, looking back at the Museum.

We head down on a diagonal path to the Promenade below.

The scent of coconut is just starting to exude from the wonderful yellow flowers of the Gorse.

Presumably an old WWII wartime lookout, now adopted as a shelter and picnic location . . . p.s. bring your own picnic !

Inside the shelter are photos and memorial articles to those from the local community who served in the second world war.

The Promenade stretches north from Maryport towards Allonby

and is part of the coastal footpath, the long distance cycleway and is also a great place for locals to walk their dogs.

[ Trust me to take a picture with no dogs !]

Down on the beach, Dougal has found an extremely ferocious and scary lobster pot.

Back up on the 'prom' and heading towards town now.

Older outdoor entertainment needs kids to express their brain power and imagination.

Newer entertainment allows skateboard and min-scooter riders to exercise their muscle and co-ordination skills instead.

Slowly being constructed (it didn't look much different last time we were here), is this building destined to be a Promenade Cafe.

The 'Church on the Quay' was also popular with Lowry . . . one of his Church pictures apparently sold at auction for £216,500.

The local school children were invited to dray their own version, but unless there's a budding genius there, I don't think that sort of price will be realised a second time.

Colourful ceramic tiles adorns the circular seat in front of the old church.

Senhouse Street as it climbs up into town.

I used to think Lowry's stick people were slightly odd characterisations of folk, but looking at the girls in the hat, he wasn't too far from the truth.

Where Senhouse Street crosses the River Ellen there's a fine Haematite sculpture by a local artist Colin Telfer.

The detail is explained on the next photo so I'll leave you read it for yourself.

In the background, the low tide has exposed a low-water dry dock, a row of timbers within the bed of the river that dries at low tide.

This would allow a boat to be sit high and dry for several hours between tides for cleaning or repair to the hull.

The Colin Telfer statue detail.