GOODBYE WEYMOUTH!
An interesting week…..lots of history, mixed weather and coping with drivers who do not indicate. But hey…thats OK as they knew where they were going ….mostly. Several stupid o’clock rises from our slumber were endured in order to get out and capture the best of the light which, overall, provided Simon the opportunity to create some epic shots. They may not have been of what he originally set out to photograph, but our theme is to go with the flow and take what comes. Patience was tested many times though and I am ashamed to admit that we did, albeit fleetingly, dip our toes into the ‘grumpy old fart’ pool.
A visit to Nothe Fort was recommended to us by Sarah and Sophie and we are glad that we took their advice. The Fort was orginally used in both World Wars as a defence for Weymouth. It was decommissioned in 1956. Later as the threat of Nuclear war was banded about it become a bunker for the military to use a s a command centre. This brought back childhood memories of the ‘public announcements’ broadcast by the BBC about what to do and how to survive a Nuclear attack. ..They scared me! I wonder how people today would react to such announcements and broadcasts? Maybe in a similar way to which the COVID pandemic was greeted…panic buying everything, especially loo roll !!
For our final day here we took a boat cruise out to Durdle Door. Just wish it lasted longer as it was lovely to see parts of the Jurassic coast from the sea. Photographing Durdle Door from this angle showed the rock formation to take the shape of a drinking Dragon.
Tomorrow we head off to Gatwick Airport to start our next exciting adventure. I’ll definitely need to brush up on my Norwegian, Swedish, German, Polish, and Italian—just to name a few! Well, by "brush up" I really mean learn some basic phrases like hello, goodbye, please, and thank you.
A lovely evening at the Springhead pub in Sutton Poyntz to finish off an enjoyable week catching up and exploring the area.