Seeking Dinosaurs🦖 & Mermaids🧜‍♀️

Leisurely breakfast in Lyme Regis before retracing the giant steps of the Dinosaurs. Lots of limestone & pebbles & sunshine ☀️ The weather has been awesome 🙌🏾 We couldn’t have ordered better.

A fun local legend tells of a mermaid seen in the waters near Charmouth in the 1800s. A local fisherman claimed to see a woman with long hair combing it on the rocks—before vanishing in the waves. It’s one of several “mermaid sightings” along the Jurassic Coast.

Lots of sleepy Dorset villages, sweeping beaches, dramatic limestone cliffs and sunshine today. Mark asked the navigation 🧭 Siri to take us to “Doodle Door” 😝😜

Durdle Door is over 140 million years old—and it’s not actually a door, geologically speaking.
The iconic arch is made of hard Portland limestone, which resisted erosion while the softer rock behind it was worn away by the sea, eventually forming the arch. What’s quirky? Its name “Durdle” comes from the Old English “thirl,” meaning to pierce or drill—so “Durdle Door” literally means “drilled hole.” 🕳️ So, maybe Mark was not far from the truth!

Had the most delicious Ploughman’s Lunch: succulent ham off the bone, crumbly tasty cheddar, chutney, coleslaw, pickled onions & crisp apple wedges 😋

We are seeing road signs for LONDON now! Getting just a bit EXCITED 😜 I’m 100% ready for it! 🥳🇬🇧🕺🏼👏❤️🤍💙

PS: tonight we have landed in the most hideous accommodation in the most dreadful area in Southhampton! We walked the street to find something to eat. Ended up buying £1.49 frozen pizza 🍕 and baking paper to cover oven trays! Had it great so far… sometimes this s#*t happens when travelling 🧳Les mer