📖 The Literary Tides of Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay isn’t just a landscape – it’s a muse. At low tide, it stretches across 120 square miles: golden sands, shifting channels, and hidden currents that have inspired writers for generations and claimed lives for centuries. From Gothic fiction to modern travel writing, this place has always stirred the imagination. • In Crimson China by Betsy Tobin, the bay is a place of danger and redemption, echoing the real-life 2004 cockle picker tragedy. • Jan