We enjoyed a fantastic week on our summer holiday in Dorset, with wonderful sunny weather to match. We stayed in a beautiful self-catering cottage in a tiny village called East Knighton:
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| Cute cottage in the middle of nowhere |
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| Lovely gardens at the cottage |
On our first day in Dorset we visited the town of Dorchester and enjoyed a walk through the town centre to Max Gate, Thomas Hardy's house. One of the perks was that you were able to sit on the furniture and play with the items that were on display.
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| Max Gate - A National Trust house |
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| Keeping Daddy in his place |
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| Typing with Mummy. Unfortunately the keys just wouldn't move fast enough! |
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| A stroll in the garden: with trees, flowers and a vegetable patch |
After a wander in some local (Borough) gardens we then had a look at the ruins of a Roman Town House in central Dorchester:
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| Zachary wanted to get out and climb over the ruins instead of exploring them from afar |
The following day we drove to the Isle of Portland, near Weymouth. Our first stop was Portland Castle. Even though it was early in the morning it was already swelteringly hot so it was refreshing to get into the shade of the castle.
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| Portland Castle grounds |
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| Fancy dress! |
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| Zachary is instantly drawn towards anything that lights up |
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| Zachary's first ride on a cannon |
The most pleasant surprise of the day (and one of my personal highlights of the holiday) was stumbling upon an amazing viewpoint from the top of Portland over Chesil beach where we stopped to each our lunch. Zachary refused to wear a hat so we sat him down in the tiny bit of shade that was available from a war memorial, but had to keep moving him as the shade gradually moved away from us along the grass.
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| Stunning - the photo doesn't do it justice |
We drove to the other side of Portland and visited a quarry that had been converted into a stone sculpture park. There was no shade whatsoever so it was hard work walking in the heat but it was exciting to see the variety of stone sculptures as we made our way around the sculpture park.
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| Zachary with a rucksack sunshade enjoyed looking down at the sculptures |
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| Stone sculpture trail |
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| Climbing over fallen rocks that were blocking the path |
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| A dragon sculpture |
We finished the day with a stop-off at the Portland Bill lighthouse and a wander around the tip of the island.
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| Unfortunately, no babies were allowed up the lighthouse so we saw it just from the outside instead |
See next week's blog post for the next instalment of our epic Dorset holiday.
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