The Great Globe

As regular readers will know hubby and I have been round the world. We had the opportunity to see just what that meant when we visited the Great Globe at Durlston Country Park during our Dorset visit. It is made of Portland stone and weighs in around 40 tonnes with a diameter of 3 metres. It was made in 1887 […]

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Birthdays that last!

Those of you who are regular visitors here will know my birthday was in January. So, what am I doing writing another post about my birthday? Well, one of my dear twitter friends lives down by the seaside. We love to visit the coast especially as hubby went to college there. So, around my birthday, I got in touch and […]

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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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