Saturday, April 28, 2007

Coast & Cornwall Day 2 - Durdle Door & Swanage

The weather was a little hazy again today but I did manage to get some quite nice shots. I decided to visit the Purbeck Jurassic Coast today, and started off at the picturesque Durdle Door:

[The cliff top approach to Durdle Door]

After a couple of hours scrambling up and down the cliffs, I headed off to Norden Station to catch the Swanage Railway to Swanage for the afternoon:

[Changing the header board at Swanage Station]

The ride from Norden is a pleasant one, and takes about half an hour. The train drops you right in the centre of Swanage and after finding some lunch, I went for a potter around the bay. Folks were out enjoying the beach, pier, diving, fishing, rowing etc. Here's one guy setting off for a paddle around the bay:

[Captain Carolina heads off for a paddle]

To round off the day, I drove up to Studland Head where the South West Coast Path starts - all 630 miles of it - to Minehead:

[Fancy a walk?]

I'm being rather lazy and doing my coastal tour in the car!

See a few more photos from today in my Flickrstream.