Cornwall day 1

Today we drove from Weymouth to Cornwall. Unfortunately the weather was like this:



...all the way to Cornwall, so we didn't see much of the scenery on the way! Still, there were some things at close range.



Hey, you at the back! Yes, you! Why aren't you looking at me? Everyone else is!



We drove past a cute little village.



...and arrived at our chosen lunch restaurant, Combe House.



Drawing room (where we had our canapés and after dinner coffees).



Lunch was deeeeelicious! Gotta love travelling with Miles - and the Good Food Guide.



After the long lunch, we had a look around the grounds of the house.









Then.... bloody sat navs... I was running out of petrol and didn't know where the next garage was going to be, so I had to come off the motorway and punch in "nearest petrol station" in the sat nav. Well, four miles later we arrive at a site where there looked to have BEEN a garage a year or two ago. OK, petrol running very low at this point... We tried the next "nearest petrol station", getting a little worried that we may not be able to make it... And after another five miles or so, we arrived at a tiny shop and this:



Hmmm. Not getting much petrol out of that. Oh well. Third time lucky. We got directions to the nearest petrol station from a couple of locals. Like we would have done the first time round if I hadn't been relying on the fantastic new technology (admittedly, with a few years old map software).

In the evening we arrived at our second Dog Friendly B&B, Dalswinton House, wich was a lovely place: on our arrival we were greeted by Sal as we entered the conservatory full of guests (the dogs!) and their people. Had only cheese and wine for dinner, having had such a big lunch.

Dorset day 2

So, we wake up in Weymouth and start exploring the place! First, a walk with the dog, past some blossoms.



And new leaves.



Unfortunately I got poisoned at breakfast by the weird B&B host and was feeling sick for quite a while.


(This is not her, but their dog.)

BTW, this is how Zebedee travels. Well, the door closed, most of the time.



A couple of hours later we headed to Portland.



Lots of rocks.


















Just another day at the office...



Then we came across this place:



Weird little beach huts... or what are they.... with rock gardens.






Apparently it's called Church Ope Cove. Fascinating place!






Found a pirate's grave...



Random stuff on the way back to the car.















In the evening, a lovely dinner and drinks at the old harbour!



I didn't know what to expect of Weymouth, but it was much nicer than I expected.

Dorset day 1

Lovely, sunny day, a car, a road (or two)... wonderful. We set out to drive to Weymouth today, and stopped at Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door on the way. Actually, even before that, we stopped at New forest for a little walk, and saw some New Forest ponies!



To enter Lulworth Cove, first you have to get past the bucket and spade tree.



And here it is: Lulworth Cove.



...seen from a hilltop.



...from here, in fact: (see the two people on top for scale?)



Those people up there are actually looking at this scene (Lulworth Cove was right behind them):



A random photographer.



Then we climbed up this path...



(From that path, looking back at Lulworth Cove.)



(Zebedee running up that hill on the right, for about the third time while us two were slowly walking up the hill...)



...to get to Durdle Door.



These are the steps that you have to walk down to get to the beach.






Zebedee liked the beach a lot.



Looking back on the way back to the car.