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Theme for the Week – Dorset Mills Part 2

– – – EXPLORING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND LANES OF DORSET – – – Continuing our theme of Dorset Mills, we … More

bread, Dorset, flour, food production, fulling, history, life, mill, milling, River Stour, sturminster newton, weir

Theme for the Week – Quirky Dorset Part 5

– – – EXPLORING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND LANES OF DORSET – – – Another of those quirky things in Dorset … More

americas, australia, bridge, colonies, criminals, felons, history, life, sign, transportation

Theme for the Week – Quirky Dorset Part 4

– – – EXPLORING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND LANES OF DORSET – – – Our theme for the week is ‘Quirky … More

history, holloways, intrigue, life, local, mystery, paths, people, poetry, sunken paths, travel, underground, walking, west dorset

Theme for the Week – Quirky Dorset Part 3

– – – EXPLORING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND LANES OF DORSET – – – So, continuing my ‘Theme for the Week’, … More

bramble bush bay, floating, history, houseboats, Poole Harbour, quirky

Theme for the Week – Quirky Dorset Part 2

– – – EXPLORING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND LANES OF DORSET – – – So our theme for this week is … More

coast, Dorset, history, navy, obelisk, Portland, prize firing, ships, war, White Nothe

Theme for the Week – Quirky Dorset

– – – EXPLORING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND LANES OF DORSET – – – I thought we would start a new … More

bath, bathing, Church Ope Cove, cliff top, history, John Penn, local, Pennsylvania, Portland, sea water, seaside

The Sandbanks Ferry

The Sandbanks Ferry is an icon of Poole Harbour and a mode of transport that has featured in my life … More

Bramblebush Bay, ferry, history, Poole Harbour, Sandbanks Ferry, sunset, transport, travel

The Avenue – Old and New

This avenue of beech trees is extremely well known, in fact it must be one of the most famous in … More

Avenue, bankes estate, history, Kingston Lacy, landmark, national trust, nature, photography, The Dorset Rambler, trees

Looking for the Decoy

Recently I have spent some time exploring Wareham Forest. Its not an area I have walked extensively because I thought … More

decoy, decoy heath, duck, history, life, lifestyle, local, morden bog, nature, pond, wareham forest, work

Amen Corner

It’s an interesting name isn’t it. It immediately conjures up images of the Welsh rock band with Andy Fairweather Low … More

Amen Corner, Christianity, Dorset, Gussage All Saints, history, name, village

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