Last Leg of our Motorhome Adventure - Swanage - Corfe Castle - Sandford - West Bay - Dorset - Week 47

Week 47 15^th July 2015 

We are on the last leg 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 at 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 enjoyed 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 is 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.

Corfe Castle was a ruin, so we didn't bother going up to see it. Del discovered 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. But I was utterly fascinated just the same.

Even the dog eating a discarded bag of fish and chips on the windowsill 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, so why not spend some similar time, effort and money restoring the building to its former glory? Just an 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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