Last week I mentioned my visit to Morcambe and the Midland Hotel. Well, the other surprising – and delightful – aspect of this seaside town is it is absolutely covered in letterforms. ‘Flock of Words’ is a path of bird poems, traditional sayings, jokes and song lyrics, which begins with the Book of Genesis...

A love of Arnold Bennett coupled with a fascination for desolate places gave me a longing to see Morecambe, Lancashire. So on a recent trip to the Pennines I took the opportunity to visit the seaside town of my dreams: I was not disappointed. My visit coincided with the reopening of the Midland Hotel...