Wife has been very good about doing her back exercises through out this trip.
Munchkin felt it would be much more effective with additional resistance
Lulworth
Cove and Durdle Door and Corfe Castle are on the agenda for today our last day
in England. These are areas along
the coast to the east of us. We
check out of the cottage in the morning and drive out to Lulworth Cove. This is an almost enclosed body of
water that was formed when rising waters after the last Ice Age broke through a
coastal wall 10 thousand years ago allowing the sea to rush in and erode the
softer chalk rock behind the break in.
There were plenty of places to hike up for better views which we took
advantage of. This naturally led to
many photo op moments. I was in
full camera Sherpa mode.
We
had a nice lunch with some of the best beer and cider of the trip and then went
on to Durdle Door. This is an
eroded rock arch over the sea in a nice secluded beach setting. More hiking to get down and more photo
ops.
de-I the Avenger with Wife by Durdle Door
Then on to Corfe Castle.
Corfe
Castle is yet another castle dating back to Saxon times and then being added to
and improved over the course of the Middle Ages. It was destroyed during the Oliver Cromwell revolution. The owners were supporters of the crown
and resisted successfully but ultimately voluntarily surrendered. The wife of the owner who had led the
defense of the siege was allowed to depart with respect but the Cromwellites
then destroyed the castle so it would not be a source of further resistance.
After
the castle we had our cream tea experience. This was something 3A said we must try. It consists of the tea plus scones
(much softer than US scones) with clotted cream and strawberry jam. I liked the clotted cream which
is not sweet with the jam.
The Cream Tea Experience
Jammy Creamy Goodness
Hey! What's that little hand doing? It's trying to filch my scone!
Then
we drove 2.5 hours to Gatwick airport where we stayed at an airport hotel and
had a lovely meal of Shell gas station sandwiches, chips, and packaged
mini-scotch eggs (don’t ask).
4 comments:
Beautiful pictures of your last day in England! We are enjoying your pictures and stories!
I am just now catching up on the blog - how was I to know you were posting daily! Love the pictures, especially the ones of mom and Lia. The G genes are strong in that one! Wish we could be there with you guys, but it looks to be quite a number of years before we get back to Europe :( Hope you;re having a fabulous time!
Beautiful pictures of the water!
If and when I finally get the chance to really travel, I know who to talke to. These pictures are gorgeous.
The scones look delicious. I'm sorry you had to eat gas station food. That must have been a very dire emergency!
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