Oh dear - nothing but rain and more rain. Not too bad yesterday but it's more in the evenings and all through the night. We did some travelling around yesterday in the local area of Wareham. Wareham itself was originally a walled Saxon town on two rivers, the Piddle and the Frome. It's a very nice old town which in its heyday must have been very wealthy. Nevertheless we did our shopping at a small sainsburys there!
We also went to Lulworth Cove and saw the upended geology of the coast and the little bay. This bit of coastline is known as the jurassic. Coast. When I was on my course at the weekend, Ian went to Kimmeridge bay and collection some fossils. The type of rocks here are shales and limestone which is why so much of the jurassic age has been preserved along this coast. Did not manage to get to Durble Door as it was quite a climb up go get to it. Instead we opted for a coffee at one of the little coffee shops. I spoke to a couple who had a cavalier spaniel. What a sweet dog I would love to get one. Some little sparrows came and eat the crumbles from our table.
We then went abbotsbury swan sanctuary but thought it was a bit expensive to go in so did not stay that long. Charlotte tried to phone but reception in the wilds of Dorset is rubbish. Went to Weymouth, a Georgia town on the coast favoured by George the third. They are holding the sailing Olympics here and have spent a lot of money making the whole place look really good especially around the bay and harbour. We went over to the Isle of portland to the highest point and looked down at the harbour with all the boats and Chesil beach. We then drove into Weymouth and walked along the beach.
It was then time to go home and have supper. Had chi ken and vegetables. Our tv works only on all the BBC programmes because they don't have digital signal here yet. I went to sleep early.
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