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Overnight on the Jurassic Coast April 2022. From Worth Matravers, probably Dorset’s prettiest village, to deserted Tyneham village, one of the saddest. And a hike along the south west coast footpath between St. Aldhelms and Winspit, completing the section between Poole and Weymouth for us.
Worth Matravers village pond
Worth Matravers village pond
Worth Matravers village pond
Worth Matravers
Worth Matravers
Worth Matravers
Worth Matravers
Worth Matravers
Loghenge Worth Matravers
Worth Matravers
Weyouth Bay, Portland in the distance
Chapman’s Pool and Houns Tout
Chapman’s Pool and Houns Tout
Royal Marines Commando Memorial
Wedyouth Bay, Portland in the distance
Stone seat
St. Aldhelm’s Chapel
St. Aldhelm’s Chapel
St. Aldhelm’s Chapel
St. Aldhelm’s Chapel, Augustus Grant who was a serial graffiti artist judging by the number of times his initials are carved into the stone
St. Aldhelm’s Chapel
Purbeck Radar Memorial
St. Aldhelm’s quarry
Dancing Ledge
St. Aldhelm to Swanage Point
Winspit Quarry
Winspit Quarry
Winspit Quarry
Burying Beetle
Our overnight camp
Sunset over our wild camp
Tyneham, sunrise over shrapnel
Tyneham
Tyneham
Tyneham
Tyneham Church
Tyneham Church
Tyneham Church
Tyneham Church
Tyneham Church
Tyneham Church
Tyneham Church
Tyneham, the old school
Tyneham, the old school
Tyneham, the old school
Tyneham
Worbarrow Bay
Worbarrow Bay
Appledore and Lynton March 2022. Two nights of gales and rain in North Devon.
Northam Burrows, Appledore
Appledore
Northam Burrows, Appledore
Appledore
Appledore
Forgotten, Appledore
Appledore
Appledore
The Valley of Rocks, Lynton
The Valley of Rocks, Lynton
The Valley of Rocks, Lynton
The Valley of Rocks, Lynton
Woody Bay, Lynton
The Valley of Rocks, Lynton
Lee Beach, Lynton
The Valley of Rocks, Lynton
The Valley of Rocks, Lynton
Doone Valley, our overnight view
Doone Valley, our overnight view
Doone Valley, our overnight view
New Years Eve 2021 on Portland. A last minute overnight stop at Portland Heights, overlooking the harbour and fireworks at midnight.
Portland Harbour
Weymouth
Portland Harbour
Radipole Lake. looking for Bearded Tits
The Sandman, Weymouth Beach
The Sandman, Weymouth Beach
Tranquil Weymouth Harbour
Family Jamboree in the Lakes July 2021. Three nights in glorious weather, right in the middle of the Lake District.
Private venue in the Lake District
The Lake District
The Lake District
Isle of Man in the distance
The Lake District
The Lake District
The Lake District
St. Mawes and St. Just in Roseland May 2021. Two nights in a very damp Cornwall, unusually for us, on a campsite, walking and sight seeing.
Our unexpected arrival at King Harry, thanks to the sat nav
St. Mawes
King Harry ferry, river Fal
King Harry ferry, river Fal
King Harry ferry, river Fal
Trethem Mill campsite
Trethem Mill campsite
Trethem Mill campsite
Trethem Mill campsite
Part of the dog park at Trethem Mill campsite
Part of the dog park at Trethem Mill campsite
Trethem Mill campsite
The walk to St. Just
St. Just in Roseland
St. Just in Roseland
The Holy Well at St. Just in Roseland
St. Just in Roseland
St. Just in Roseland
The walk from St. Just to St. Mawes beside the Carrick Roads
The walk from St. Just to St. Mawes beside the Carrick Roads
The Carrick Roads
The Carrick Roads
The Carrick Roads
The Carrick Roads
The Carrick Roads
St. Mawes castle
St. Mawes
St. Mawes
St. Mawes
St. Mawes
St. Mawes
Polvarth
Polvarth
Tyneham & Studland April 2021. A tentative post lockdown two night trip to the Dorset coast. So much has changed since our last visit, access is much more difficult in many places
Footpath to Tyneham
Tyneham
Tyneham
Abandoned Tyneham
Abandoned Tyneham
Abandoned Tyneham
Abandoned Tyneham
Tyneham
Relic of a previous lockdown
Tyneham Farm
Tyneham Farm
Tyneham Farm
Worbarrow Bay
Worbarrow Bay
Worbarrow Bay
Coast path
Kimmeridge Bay
Kimmeridge Bay
Coast path and Portland in the distance
Kimmeridge
Adder, basking in the sun
Adder, basking in the sun
Robin chick, rocking a fine lockdown haircut
Still many deer on Corfe range
Still many deer on Corfe range
Busy mum
Guarding the lambs
Guarding the lambs
Old Harry
One of several cruise ships laid up on the south coast during the pandemic
Studland chain ferry
Foil surfing
Foil surfing
Shell Bay, Poole
Shell Bay, Poole
Little Sea, Studland
Little Sea, Studland
Little Sea, Studland
Golden sunset over Poole harbour
Sunset on another overnight spot
Bath – December 2020. Our annual Christmas visit, with social distancing in mind.
The canal walk into the city
Bath
The canal walk into the city – carved stone water feature
The canal walk into the city – Bath marina
The canal walk into the city
The canal walk into the city – morning exercise
The canal walk into the city
The canal walk into the city
The canal walk into the city
The canal walk into the city
The canal walk into the city – the sunny side of the bridge
The canal walk into the city
The canal walk into the city
The canal walk into the city
Bath Cathedral
Bath Cathedral
Bath Cathedral
Lymington and Keyhaven – October 2020. A wet and windy weekend going back in time and enjoying nature at its best.
Keyhaven – tranquil overnight stop
Keyhaven
Keyhaven – the view from our van
Keyhaven – early morning
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle – salt crystal stalactitess
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle – no light ventilator
Hurst Castle – ammo hoist
Hurst Castle
The IOW from Hurst Point
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
Keyhaven marshes and salterns
A Summer Road Trip around Devon – September 2020. In 1949, my parents Mo and Alan, undertook a Summer Road trip around north Somerset and Devon in an Austin 7 Ruby (749cc and 7hp). Seventy one years later, Linn and I attempted the same route in a motorhome (4.2 tons and 7.6 meters long). We tried to recreate some of their photos, and have added a few of our own.
The route
Dunster High Street
Dunster Yarn Market
Mum and Linn at the Yarn Market
Harbour, Lynmouth
Tor Hotel
Appledore, Ship Hotel
Appledore main thoroughfare
Doll’s House
Instow from Appledore
Mum with gas cape, Linn with Covid mask
Bude Bay
Boscastle Harbour
Boscastle
Gull Rock
Boscastle Coastguard
The White Horse, Bampton
Doofus (or is it Doofi?)
Dunster Castle
Dunster Castle
Dunster
The Yarn Market, Dunster
The dovecot, Dunster
Inside the dovecot, Dunster
The footpath to Dunster
Overnight near Dunster
Porlock Bay
Overnight on Exmoor above Porlock
St Mary’s in Oare, where Lorna Doone was shot by her half brother
Lynmouth
Lynmouth
So wet in Devon, they have wipers on the inside too
Lynmouth
Lynmouth
Boscastle
The Wellington Hotel, where mum and day stayed three nights
Boscastle
Boscastle Harbour
Boscastle
A water surge through a cave at Boscastle
Boscastle
Boscastle Harbour
Boscastle
Boscastle
Boscastle
Boscastle
Tintagel
Tintagel
Port Isaac
Port Isaac
Port Isaac
Port Isaac
Port Isaac
Port Isaac
Port Isaac
Port Isaac
Wimbleball Lake
Appledore and Bideford – July 2020. A cautious couple of nights away, social distancing amidst the crowds, loving the friendly locals, but dismayed by the rule flaunting visitors. Enjoyed fabulous river side walks to Bideford and The Burrows.
The ‘wake up’ view from our door
Appledore
Appledore
Appledore
Appledore
Scuplture celebrating the hard working boat builders of Appledore
Appledore
Pub garden, Appledore
Appledore
Lunch on Northam Burrows
Northam Burrows
Northam Burrows
Lady Bug larvae
Northam Burrows
Northam Burrows
Northam Burrows
Appledore
Hi jinks at Appledore
Hi jinks at Appledore
Hi jinks at Appledore
Hi jinks at Appledore
The high tide bell, Appledore
Steam launch, River Torridge
The boat graveyard, River Torridge
The boat graveyard, River Torridge
The boat graveyard, River Torridge
The boat graveyard, River Torridge
River Torridge
The walk to Bideford
Swallows and Amazons, River Torridge
Bideford
The new bridge at Bideford
The Old Market, Bideford
Butchers Row, Bideford
Studland and the Purbecks – July 2020. A post lockdown weekend away, blowing away the cobwebs, but keeping it local.
Walking the Purbecks, Portland in the background
The mushroon tree
Grange Arch
Walking the Purbecks
Walking the Purbecks, Portland in the background
Walking the Purbecks
Walking the Purbecks
Walking the Purbecks
Walking the Purbecks
A Green Veined White butterfly
Marbled White butterflies
Teasel, once exclusively used to remove impurities and raise the nap of woolen fabrics
Walking the Purbecks
Fort Henry, Studland
Walking the Purbecks. 10,000 years too late to walk from Old Harry to the Isle of White
Walking the Purbecks, Poole Harbour
Walking the Purbecks, Swanage
Boys and their toys
Sunset over the Purbecks
Sunset over the Purbecks
Colwyn Bay – February 2020. A bleak weekend away when even the comforts of a campsite could not persuade us to stay a second night. Sorry Colwyn, but you are not very motorhome friendly!
Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay
Grange, Steeple and Studland – December 2019. The last trip out for 2019, a cold and foggy couple of nights in Dorset.
Grange Arch
Studland
Grange Arch
Grange House
The Pig, Studland
The Pig, Studland
Old Harry rocks
Old Harry rocks
The Race, Old Harry rocks
Bath Christmas Market – December 2019. Now an annual event with friends.
Bath Christmas market
Bath
Bath Christmas market
Bath Christmas market
Bath Christmas market
Bath Christmas market
Bath Christmas market
Bath Christmas market
Ludlow and Abergavenny – November 2019. A wintry weekend around Wales
Ludlow weir
Ludlow
Ludlow weir