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Tag Archives: Dorset
Lyme Surprise
Lyme Regis was a surprise which turned into a delight. Sounds a bit gushing, but it’s true. The town sits at the bottom of hills where the rushing River Lym flows into the sea. I loved the beautifully preserved Georgian … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Cycling, Food, Science, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Aquarium, crayfish, Dorset, Georgian, lumpsucker, Lyme Regis, Mark Hix, restaurant, starfish, The Cobb, the French Lieutenant's Woman
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Sub-tropical
As it’s all gorn a bit grey and bleah, I’m posting a few images of Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens. If you turn the heating up really high and sit on a beach towel underneath your largest pot plant – preferably some … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Just flowers, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Abbotsbury sub-tropical gardens, Aeonium, Dorset, Lyme Regis, mire, mobility scooter, Portland, reckless, Weymouth
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Behind Chesil Beach
The Fleet lagoon is the stretch of water that lies behind that extraordinary storm beach of nature-graded pebbles which stretches for 18 miles along the Dorset coast. This brackish, tidal pool is an SSSI, a Ramsar site for a very … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged abbotsbury, abbotsbury swannery, Chesil Beach, coots, Dorset, Ian McEwan, mergansers, mute swans, On Chesil Beach, tufted duck
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A bit of coast
Today’s mystery photo – any ideas? Ok, I cropped it. I like cropping and in this case it showed up the rainbow prismatic effects nicely. Oh all right then, have a bigger image. I expect you are getting it by … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Dorset, lighthouse, Portland Bill, scones, sea bass, Trinity House
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The sun, the sea
Sunrise, 6.55am on Sunday morning, Weymouth, Dorset. You have to be quick to catch it. The light changes so quickly. One minute and the sun was risen, pouring out from a golden horizon. Two minutes and it had risen into … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Current Affairs, Seaside, Uncategorized, Watery things
Tagged Budmouth, Dorset, Jurassic Coast, Melcombe Regis, photographs, sunrise, the sea, The sun, The Verve, Weymouth
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Janh1: Mainly fair with occasional rain. 