Here's the final part of our Dorset holiday diary. We had a lovely wander through Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens which has a huge array of different plants, trees and water features.
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| Daddy and Zachary enjoy the fresh air |
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| A beach view with a cannon from the top of the gardens |
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| Having a nap amongst the giant rhubarb |
We later headed to Athelhampton House which has beautiful gardens and was the location of filming for an old Dr Who episode: The Seeds of Doom. The family that own it still live there and use the public rooms when visitors aren't around.
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| Majestic Athelhampton |
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| Giant pointy bushes |
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| Zachary enjoyed wandering around on the cool stone floors |
The following day we headed onto the ferry to Sandbanks peninsular, the most expensive place to buy a house in the UK. We looked for Harry Redknapp's house and think we might have spotted it, although all of the houses looked rather extravagant.
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| The Sat Nav looks odd in the middle of the sea |
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| We enjoyed a stroll along the beach at Sandbanks |
Later that afternoon we visited a wonderful themed garden called Compton Acres and Zachary enjoyed looking at (and touching, in some cases) the different plants and flowers.
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| The highlight was the formal Roman gardens |
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| Zachary grabbed what he could as he was pushed along |
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| Too many plants for a little boy |
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| Daddy takes advantage of a helpless young lady in the lavender garden |
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| Daddy sees a scary dragon in the Japanese garden |
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| Stepping stones and goldfish! |
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| Riding high in the Japanese garden |
We spent our last evening in Dorset strolling along Poole harbour and enjoying a meal at Pizza Express.
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| Zachary was most interested in the passing dogs |
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| "Yum yum!" |
On the way back to Cardiff we stopped off at Sherborne Abbey which was a wonderful place to cool off and relax after escaping the heat.
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| Sherborne Abbey interior |
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| Zachary looks at the many colours of the stained glass |
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