Getting ready for first holiday
11. kesäkuuta 2021, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Drive to Lulworth Cove
14. kesäkuuta 2021, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We got away in good time this morning but by the time we got near to the south coast around Southampton the traffic was crazy. Stopped on the way to visit Kingston Lacey but it took us three hours toLue lisää
Durdle door
15. kesäkuuta 2021, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Feeling better today. We had a really good meal in the hotel last night and slept really well then this morning (after a full English !) We walked all morning along the Dorset coastal path to DurdleLue lisää
Corfe castle
16. kesäkuuta 2021, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
A quick 20 minute drive this morning and we were at Corfe Castle. This was built by the Normans in the 11th century, but probably on a Saxon wooden stonghold, and sits on a spectacular hill topLue lisää
Maiden castle and Dorchester Roman house
17. kesäkuuta 2021, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
About half an hour's drive west of Lulworth is Maiden castle, a HUGE Iron Age hill fort. It's the biggest in Europe and so big that you really can't see it all from the ground- aerial pictures areLue lisää
dorchester museum, dinosaurs and chesil
17. kesäkuuta 2021, Englanti ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
After the Roman house we visited the Dorset county museum in Dorchester which is an excellent museum covering the history and archaeology of Dorset from Neolithic times up to the present day, and aLue lisää
On to Jersey
18. kesäkuuta 2021, Jersey ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
We woke up to heavy grey skies and a smattering of rain, and drove to Poole to get the ferry to Jersey. The arrangements all worked fine and the ferry even arrived a bit early in pouring rain. We hadLue lisää
Castle and passage tomb
19. kesäkuuta 2021, Jersey ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Out on a promontory on the east coast of the island , this castle was built in the 1300s as defence against the French. The English crown had lost Normandy and the French were threatening to invade.Lue lisää
Passage tomb and chapel
19. kesäkuuta 2021, Jersey ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A gentle day
20. kesäkuuta 2021, Jersey ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We had a gentle walk all along the beach and a paddle in the, surprisingly warm , sea in the morning and then, between the tennis and the football, a walk to the end of the beach in the otherLue lisää
Fishermans church and chapel
20. kesäkuuta 2021, Jersey ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Rainy day trip
21. kesäkuuta 2021, Jersey ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
This morning we drove in the rain and morning fog all along the west and north coasts. The west coast is pretty much all one long sandy beach, which in the sunshine and a good day would be wonderful,Lue lisää


































































