Week 47 15th July 2015
We are on the last legs of the adventure trip around
the UK. We are now further along the Dorset coast at West Bay. What a lovely little seaside village this is and the Park
dean caravan Park we are staying on is right by the coastline.
We were on the fourth tier of the camping bit so
although it was a bit of a trek up and down the hills to the toilet block and
entertainment complex this was our view from Amethyst every morning when we got
up. We have already decided that this could be a great camping spot for summer
holidays again sometime.
Thought I'd just throw this picture in of Del filling
Amethyst up with water as it was a beautiful hot day and I just thought I'd get
a few more photos in of the van before it’s all over. Boo Hoo. *sniff*
We had some family come over and camp for a couple of
days at the weekend. This is our Great Nephew Harry enjoying Sid and Lizzie
disco time in the club house, he particularly liked the multicoloured
light-sabre toy we bought him.
Harry, Del, Sarah and Nick enjoying the bracing wind
on West Bay Pier. West
Bay Harbour and Jurassic Cliffs behind. I actually went to a visitor centre
this week and received a free Geography lesson on Igneous, Sedimentary and
Metamorphic rocks and how they are formed in Britain. God, I felt like I was in
First Year at High School again!
Some more pretty pictures of West Bay. Before Park
Dean arrived. I think this was just a few fishermen and their cottages.
We moved on to Sandford further
along the Jurassic coastline. Here is Corfe Castle from an old diesel train.
Del taking me on an old train line? Again? No!
The
train journey was actually very pleasant except for two babies screaming until
my ears bled! But the scenery was very pretty.
Another view of Corfe Castle. It was a ruin, so we
didn't bother going up to see it.
Del discovering he had a phone signal at the end of Swanage Pier!
I know some of you may think this is a bit odd, but I
thought it was very artistic and creative. It was the old Pier Head Café and
sort of Art Deco style building that probably was the place to be seen in the
1930's, but sadly like so many seaside towns we've seen over the past twelve
months has fallen into a state of disrepair.
However, some clever creative person has decided to
paint some very realistic murals on the boarded-up windows and doors. This one
shows how the café looked in its prime. And this
one depicts what it probably looks like now behind the bricked up and plastered
entrance. It's so realistic I found it quite creepy - even haunting to look at.
Even the dog eating a discarded bag off fish and chips
on the window sill looks so real, but it's all part of the 3D artwork. What I
find so odd is that the council obviously commissioned or allowed this work to
be done, why not spend some similar time effort and money restoring the
building to its former glory? Just and idea!
A lovely view of Swanage Beach and town.
Swanage Headland and Coastline - very pretty and another place I would like to
return to.
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