Dorset Holiday July 2005 - page 2
Continuing from page 1 of our Dorset holiday we take a
look at Corfe Model Village and travel on to Swanage on the steam
train, do some walks to the Cerne Abbas Giant and Hardy's Monument and
have an evening meal in the pub in Winterbourne Abbas.
This is page two of three.
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Mike down there among the old ruins. Corfe Castle was interesting
to look round with plenty of notices giving an image of what this
Dorset castle was like in the old days.
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Like a model village the steam train on The Swanage Railway puffs into
the station at Corfe, this shot taken from the top of the castle.
We took the next train down to Swanage.
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The model village at Corfe, of Corfe how it was originally. There
was music from the model church and sounds from the model animals and
stream.
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OK Belinda, I'll be a good boy, please let me out now!
Belinda? Where are you? BELINDA! Please let me
out! Er, hello, anyone about?
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We carried on down to Swanage on the steam train, just as the sun
went in giving a bit of welcome relief from the heat.
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Back at the Dorset holiday cottage and time to enjoy a meal washed down
with some of that Dorset cider from the other day!
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On day 3 in Dorset we did two walks in one day! In the morning we
went to visit the Cerne Abbas Giant, a prehistoric monument cut into
the hillside.
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The walk took us high up on the hillside above Cerne Abbas, Mike
advised that we were 227 meters above sea level, another fact derived
from the handheld Sat Nav. We've written a review of our Sat Nav receiver here which covers
just about all our experiences with it on our travels in Dorset.
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On the way down from the Cerne Abbas Giant Belinda decided a detour
through loads of stinging nettles, prickly vegetation and nasty biting
insects would be a good idea! Our uncovered legs were not a
pretty sight afterwards!
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Two walks in one day can't be bad, in the afternoon we walked the few
miles from the Dorset holiday cottage along part of The Jubliee Trail
to visit Hardy's Monument. Here we see Mike enjoying his lunch,
with the monument just visible in the background (if you look
carefully). We used the Sat Nav to retrace our trail and it got
us back to the cottage without problem, phew! See our GPS review.
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It was good to get some shelter in this wood from the hot sun while
walking the The Jubliee Trail. For relevant Dorset links, see our
UK tourist links page.
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Phew! Wot a scortcher! Time to rest awhile at Hardy's
Monument before the return journey. You can see our video clips from our Dorset
holiday.
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From Hardy's Monument we could just about see our cottage through the
heat haze. Now we had to face the return trek through the 30°
heat.
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Just up the road from our holiday cottage was 'The Coach and Horses' in
Winterbourne Abbas which we visited on several evenings, er, well three
actually.
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On this occasion we had the steak, and here's Belinda enjoying
hers. We found the Coach and Horses on our first evening in
Dorset when we had the carvery. On every holiday we seem to stay
in places with good eating pubs nearby.
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Lyme Regis was the destination on day 4, we found a nice little café
and had a Dorset cream tea with jam scones! Continued on Dorset page 3.
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