13 challenges – #9 / 2 – Corfe Castle

Corfe castle

For this challenge we visited Corfe Castle, another National Trust property. The National Trust is a marvellous organisation. I don’t know if the same sort of thing exists in other parts of the world but through it’s membership, they secure the heritage of many wonderful buildings, gardens and even areas of coastline. It is a regular trip for us (see Ladybirds and […]

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Ladybirds and Corfe Castle

Alphbe-Thursday has galloped along with the year and has reached the letter ‘L’. I have chosen something silly from my garden so that I can share something magnificent with you! My letter ‘L’ is for Lady birds (or for my American friends Lady Bugs) Here they are. They watch over our raised beds to make sure no real life insects […]

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‘T’ is for Train!

This week Alphabe has reached the letter ‘T’ & once again I’ve cheated (just a little!) I wanted to share some photos of a wonderful little village in Dorset called Corfe. It has an amazing ruin of what was once a magnificent Norman castle. It also has a steam train chugging through it on its way to Swanage which has been featured here […]

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