A MORECAMBE Bay investigative arts journey will end with music, dance, and performance the over August bank holiday weekend.

Everyone is invited to the free family-friendly events marking the end of Bay Lines, part of the ambitious national ‘Beach of Dreams’ programme journey to discover more about the UK coastline.

Over 600 silk wax-dyed pennants representing community stories inspired by the coastline will be on display around Morecambe Bay.

Local charity Morecambe Bay Partnership worked with international arts organisation Kinetika and Kendal-based Rosa Productions to bring together artists, writers, scientists and the community.

Participants walked a mile of the Bay’s coastline and shared their hopes and dreams for that part of the coast. Their photos, words and drawings were used to inspire the design of 120 wax-dyed silk flags called pennants – one to represent each mile of the Bay’s coastline.

Walney Island, Arnside, Grange-over-Sands and Morecambe also got involved in waxing and dyeing the silks with local flora such as willow and bracken.

Michelle Cooper, the charity’s engagement and fundraising team leader, said: “The natural dye process to create the Morecambe Bay silks has been an experimental process for the artistic team – so it’s really satisfying to see the colours produced which are such a lovely representation of the Morecambe Bay landscape. We now have a unique collection of Morecambe Bay silks to accompany a fascinating archive of local stories that will be shared at the final installations and into the future.”

The silks ensure Morecambe Bay is represented as an integral part of the national Beach of Dreams 2025 programme which will culminate in a collective journey around 10,000 miles of coastline across the UK and Ireland, led by Kinetika and Creative Lives.

‘‘We’re looking forward to seeing the pennants,” said Kinetika’s artistic director Ali Pretty. “It’s been a pleasure working with Morecambe Bay Partnership, and meeting people from the local community.”