We did go down to the beach on Wednesday. Fortunately there were folding chairs and a beach umbrella at the house so we trekked down the hill to the less populated end of the beach.
The day was hot and sunny and the water was bottle green, clearer than I've ever seen it and cold!
It was also incredibly flat - there was no chop and hardly any swell (and I think most of that was caused by the motor boats whizzing back and forth just outside the swimming area). I could just float on my back and bob gently, looking up at the amazingly blue sky. All in all a lovely afternoon.
That night Evie came down on the train after work and we picked her up at Wareham station.
Thursday was the day we had all been looking forward to. Every time we go to Swanage we take the steam train to Corfe Castle.
Corfe is a bit like a fairytale village - old stone houses, charming little train station, and atmospheric ruins. It's one of my favourite places in Britain.
There were several exhibitors at the castle. The large rectangle on the left had a gentleman in Victorian dress talking about travel in the 19th century, a table with children making mosaics and a woman showing spectators how to spin and weave. At the small yellow tent on the left a man was making knives, spoons and jewelry on a tiny bronze age forge, while on the right a woman sold jewelry inspired by bronze age archaeological finds and a man sold handmade pottery. I bought a bronze necklace and a pottery mug.
We have been at the castle when it's foggy, raining and windy enough to blow us off the top, but this was perfect.
We had another cream tea while we were in Corfe
which was only slightly marred by the presence of fruit scones rather than plain.
I even managed to get David and Evie to be silly for me (Evie getting into the spirit of it and David very reluctantly).
We were very sad to pack up and leave on Friday. We had the best week there ever.
We did stop at Worth Matravers for one more cream tea before we left Dorset though.
It was also incredibly flat - there was no chop and hardly any swell (and I think most of that was caused by the motor boats whizzing back and forth just outside the swimming area). I could just float on my back and bob gently, looking up at the amazingly blue sky. All in all a lovely afternoon.
That night Evie came down on the train after work and we picked her up at Wareham station.
Thursday was the day we had all been looking forward to. Every time we go to Swanage we take the steam train to Corfe Castle.
We have been at the castle when it's foggy, raining and windy enough to blow us off the top, but this was perfect.
We had another cream tea while we were in Corfe
which was only slightly marred by the presence of fruit scones rather than plain.
I even managed to get David and Evie to be silly for me (Evie getting into the spirit of it and David very reluctantly).
We were very sad to pack up and leave on Friday. We had the best week there ever.
We did stop at Worth Matravers for one more cream tea before we left Dorset though.
Hey, I just posted about steam trains:) are you back home now?
ReplyDeleteNope, we've moved on to Cambridge for a week, and then Norfolk. We are having a lazy week watching the Olympics now. I wish we could have managed to meet up while we are both over here!
ReplyDeleteYour post is awesome, and much more informative than mine was :) Make sure you do fish & chips at least once!
Looks lovely! I miss England sometimes. Enjoy. xx Meggan
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