Beside the seaside

 

Oh I do like to live beside the seaside, oh I do. The view from the 'High Cliff' which gives Highcliffe it's current name; well, Highcliffe on Sea, if you want to pretentious about it, as some of our would be lardy da types do; delusions of grandeur really for a village which until the late 19th century was called 'Slop Pond'. Though I digress. From near to far we have; Christchurch Bay; Mudeford Quay, and the 'Run'; Christchurch Harbour and Hengistbury Head; Bournemouth Bay, with the just visible line of sand being the dunes of Studland Beach; capped off by the Isle of Purbeck at the western end of the Purbeck Ridge, including the high point of Godlingston Hill. Not a bad view really.

Swyre Head

I took Geoff for his first walk over the Purbeck coast today. In fact I took him for two Purbeck walks today. First out to Swyre Head, at 208m it's the highest point on the Purbeck coast and is blessed with magnificent views both east and west along the Jurassic Coast. Fast moving clouds allowed the intermittent sunlight to dance across the hill and cliffs, highlighting features as the passed. Absolutely stunning. Then we stopped at Rempstone Stone Circle, a truncated Bronze Age Stone circle at the base of the Purbeck Hills, and made our way up the steep wooded path to the exposed grassland of Nine Barrow Down. Again the views were stunning. A good walk(s) to start 2019.