Dorset

Last weekend was a rare fine autumn day in southern England. We decided to go down to Dorset for the day. First stop was Hardy's cottage. It was very picturesque from the outside with a typical country garden. Unfortunately we couldn't go inside, as it was unexpectedly closed, much to the annoyance of ourselves and other people!

After that, we continued down to the Swannery at Abbotsbury. This we found to be very well laid out, and pleasingly uncommercialised. The swans were the stars of the show of course, and we took many pictures.









As we drove back we paused to buy an ice cream, and enjoy a magnificent view over Chesil beach.



Finally, we pulled off the road to take the photo below (and many others like it!), of the hay bales in the golden light of the late afternoon.

This coming weekend we will be travelling down to Cornwall, and spending 7 nights on a family holiday in Bude, and then 2 nights on our own in Penzance. We hope to visit Mevagissey and other places around there from Bude, and land's End and St Michael's Mount whike we are in Penzance.