Lulworth Cove, Durdle Dor and the Cerne Abbas Giant

We visited these places last weekend, on a fine spring Sunday. Lulworth Cove is always rather special. We bought crayfish tails from the little shop, and ate them with our sandwiches on the slipway. Someone was fixing up a fishing boat there, and the whole scene was very photogenic.

Then we made the 3km hike over the hill to the next bay at Durdle Dor. It was a pleasant walk as it wasn't too cold or too hard, and just far enough to give us some healthy exercise. The hole in the rock is a much-photographed site. Finally we took a long route home to view the Cerne Abbas giant. This a hillside carving in the manner of the white horses, but instead featuring a nude male figure. One theory is that it is some kind of fertility symbol. It's age could be anywhere from 400 to 1000 plus years. On 7 April we are once more off to Jersey, for what may be our last visit there.