Durdle Door is probably the most famous stone arch anywhere in the world. It was created when the sea pierced through the Portland limestone around 10,000 years ago. Looking west over the beach, isolated stacks out at sea show where an older coastline once lay. This part of the coast is formed from merged bays [...]
Archive for August, 2019
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Science & Nature, Sherborne 2019
Man O’War and Durdle Door
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 14th 2019
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Wait, Walk, Eat
Today I had to wait in for a delivery. But later, in the afternoon I was able to go out for a brief walk on one of my local pathways which was lovely (as always).
I love the little downwards path in this photograph. Today it looked as if autumn had arrived early but in reality [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 13th 2019
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Lulworth Cove
Formed by the combined forces of the sea and a river swollen by melting ice at the end of the last Ice Age. Lulworth Cove is world famous for its unique geology and landforms including the Lulworth Crumple and Stair Hole.
Lulworth Cove, Dorset, is a small, almost circular bay with a narrow opening to the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 12th 2019
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14.27
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2019
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Sherborne 2019
Paddock Garden
In October 2005, Mr Alan Titchmarsh, the well known gardening celebrity, officially opened the first new public garden in Sherborne for 100 years commemorating 1300 years since the founding of Sherborne Abbey and town.
The open space that is now Paddock Garden was once occupied by a row of cottages facing onto Newland. These were destroyed [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2019
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Chesil Beach
After visiting West Bay (see previous post) we drove along the Jurassic coast that reveals views of Chesil Beach. We stopped off near Abbotsbury to briefly step out onto the pebble beach before continuing along the coastal route to the Isle of Portland where we viewed Chesil Beach from just outside The Heights Hotel.
Chesil Beach [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2019
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One Goose or Two
After lunch I stepped out for a quick walk along my local pathways. I didn’t take a camera with me, thinking that there would be nothing new of interest to photograph.
How wrong I was! The geese and ducks were flocking in a different area around Leegomery pools. The ducks in particular were wandering around my [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2019
