Dark harbour

The surf part of today's walk was along Studland Beach again, well, what other beach would it be in the Purbecks. Hang on a minute though, that's not strictly true, Swanage has a lovely beach too, more your traditional seaside beach though, and there are plenty of smaller beaches snuggled in coves below the rugged cliffs of the Jurassic Coast. That said, the dune backed expanse of Studland, with its undeveloped broad open sandy beach is unique. The walking, as you'd imagine, was glorious, the sea air sweet in your lungs, young Bel warming your face, and hardly a soul amongst the dunes. What was noticeable though, was the dark menacing clouds approaching from the west, although they were still well in the distance. As luck would have it we made it back to the ferry just as said clouds rolled over the harbour and darkness descended.  Lady Luck had smiled on us today.