Wimborne Minster

We have an excellent journey to Dorset and head for Knowlton Church. Why? It is a ruined Norman Church built inside a Neolithic henge monument (trenched earthworks) - together they also known as the Knowlton Circles.

A detour from the main road takes us via some extremely pretty villages to Wimborne Minster, a beautiful market town with lovely old buildings. Not least of these is the Minster itself, a Saxon Church dedicated to St Cuthburga. There is some great stuff inside it, but unfortunately the church is closed most of the time now as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The bell tower has a soldier guading the bells....... We then visit the tourist information office and embark on a walking tour. After this, we go to the Wimborne Model Town and Gardens, which feture a 1:10 scale model of the town as it was in the 1950s. This is really interesting and there is also a model railway and dolls house exhibition - both better than they sound!

We head to Corfe Castle, where we are renting a cottage for a week.Read more