The Jurassic Coast

Our first trip to Dorset and a tour of the Jurassic Coast and fossil hunting at Charmouth. Pictures here is Golden Cap viewed from Charmouth. Golden Cap is
the highest view on the south coast rising to 191m from sea level.

Bodnant in September

Pin Mill at the beautiful Bodnant Garden in North Wales in September. We decided we where overdue a trip to Bodnant although we didn't know how good the gardens would be since we had had such a miserable summer. What a surprise, as you can see from the picture it was beautiful day and so many flowers still in full splendor. It must be one of the best gardens in the UK.

Summer at the Boathouse

An early morning start and a revisit to the Duke of Portland Boathouse on Ullswater.

Chirk Castle, Chirk, Wrexham, Wales.

A new favourite Chirk Castle, wonderful castle and gardens with amazing Yew hedging.Built in the late 13th century by Roger Mortimer, Justice of North Wales for Edward 1st it commands fine views over the surrounding countryside.

Puffin Island (Anglesey).

A day trip to Anglesey and a view of Puffin Island and the Trwyn Du Lighthouse seen from Penmon Point. The Puffins from which the island gets its modern English name bred in considerable numbers at one time, with up to 2,000 pairs recorded. The Rat was introduced accidentally to the island, probably in the late 19th century, and reduced this population to a very few pairs. A program of poisoning these rats started in 1998 appears to have eradicated them, and the Puffin population has shown an increase since that date.

A Day at the Seaside

Believe it or not this was actually taken yesterday.The sun put in a guest appearance at Lytham, St Annes. So for the afternoon at least it was donkey rides on the beach, ice creams, sand and sunshine. Today of course it back to rain, rain everywhere !

Norfolk Big Skies and Beach Huts

Norfolk in late June must have been one of the few places in the country to have some summer sunshine. Back home in Lancashire it was rain, rain and more rain whilst in Norfolk we just had a bit of wind to contend with.