#EnglishTourismWeek2023 starts today, and it's the Year Of The Coast 2023 too. If we're talking local and seasonal food that our guests love, here's the UK's largest intertidal area - Morecambe Bay, 120 sq miles at low tide, and source of the famous Morecambe Bay Potted Shrimp. The photo's taken from where Windermere empties into the sea at Bardsea just a few miles south of us. We're serving them on our bar menu as a starter with sourdough and lemon - when a delicacy is this good it doesn't need anything fancy.

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