Category Archives: Dorset

86 – Charlestown to Abbotsbury

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Wingclipped

We were back!  After an absence of two and a half years we finally managed to coax our teenagers out of their bedrooms (I am sorry to say that they didn’t really emerge from their cocoons as the beautiful butterflies … Continue reading →

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85 – Chesil Beach to Charlestown

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Wingclipped

Christmas.  Don’t get me wrong.  I enjoy the time of year.  But there is a certain part of me that wishes I were somewhere else on Christmas Day.  This feeling tends to occur at around 3pm.  Christmas Lunch is over.  … Continue reading →

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84b – Western Portland to Chesil Beach

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Wingclipped

The thing I remember most about the west coast of Portland is an arch.  It was fashioned from blocks the size of people, as if giants had been playing with Lego bricks.  Although most were placed in exact positions, there … Continue reading →

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84a – Western Portland Part II

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Wingclipped

As we continued our way north along the western coast of Portland we reached Blacknor Observation Post.  Build in 1940-41 it has expansive views over Lyme Bay, a large tract of water stretching almost 50 miles from Portland to Devon. … Continue reading →

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83b – Western Portland Part I

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Wingclipped

The western side of Portland is the less favourable for walkers when compared to the eastern side.  There are no cliff paths down to the shoreline; no wild goats; no hidden coves or ruined churches.  The western side is a … Continue reading →

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83a – Portland Bill Part II

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Wingclipped

At the tip of the promontory of Portland Bill is a famous lump of rock called Pulpit Rock.  It is not a natural feature, but was left in the 1870’s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen working … Continue reading →

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82f – Portland Bill Part I

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Wingclipped

As we made our final approach to Portland Bill we left the rugged, almost Mediterranean, landscape behind and entered quarry territory.  Massive piles of rocks lay heaped on the ground, as if giants had passed this way and made cairns … Continue reading →

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82e – Church Ope Cove to Portland Bill

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Wingclipped

As we walked south from Church Ope Cove I felt that the landscape was almost Mediterranean.  We were completely alone.  The sky was a blistering blue and glared off the limestone cliffs.  The sea rippled in an inviting turquoise colour … Continue reading →

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82d – Portland Part V – Chruch Ope Cove

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Wingclipped

About half way down the east cost of Portland is Church Ope Cove.  It offers a secluded beach which, it is said, was once sandy but is now pebbly.  Apparently the extensive quarrying on Portland covered the sand with rock … Continue reading →

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82c – Portland Part IV

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Wingclipped

Shortly after passing the walls of Portland Prison, the Coastal Path veers eastwards, leading down a steep slope back towards the sea.  After prisons and immigration centres I was rather looking forward to more proper coastline. From our vantage point … Continue reading →

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