West Bay & Portland

West Bay .... We've had a recent trip down to Dorset and beyond - and oh did we get good weather - couldn't have planned it any better.

West Bay Dorset

The sandstone cliffs and Jurassic coast here are huge and still people like standing near the edge!!!

 Then on to

Portland 

and the Ocean Hotel, which gave us access to some great walks

 and more stunning views...

 

 Portland Bill is where you see 3 Lighthouses...not all used for the original purpose though.

One is now a bird observatory

another is a private house that also does holiday accommodation

and the third is a Lighthouse in full use, although it is worked remotely these days, no lighthouse keeper in situ.  This one is actually open to the public, but no I didn't go in it, the thought of walking up narrowing steps to the top gives me vertigo just thinking about it!!!

 Plus there is a National Coastwatch lookout...

(I did notice that whoever was on duty swung a large telescope round to

observe an incoming yacht - nothing seems to escape their attention which is good)

Our Portland stay was a good one, which we intend to repeat again one day,

and perhaps by then I will be persuaded to climb up that lighthouse!

Oh...and Portland - Weymouth were host to the 2012 Sailing section of the

Olympics and there's a typically designed monument to

mark the event.  The legacy that the Olympics brought is still enjoyed throughout the area.

~ and then onward on our trip,
to be added shortly ~