Last week we had the best weather, it averaged about 28˚C every day. On Wednesday (after Mick's night shift) we headed off to a beach in West Dorset.
Lyme Regis is an ancient town, its origins go back to the 8th century when monks distilled salt from the sea water. It's a town of steep streets and it's most outstanding feature is a 13th century harbour known as the Cobb. The Cobb is small in modern standards, but made Lyme Regis a major port where ships traded all over the known world.
From Lyme Regis the dramatic coastline stretches eastwards to Charmouth, a picturesque village well known for its fossil encrusted cliffs and Heritage Coast Centre. Charmouth is famous for the skeleton of a complete, fossilised Icthyosaurus found in 1811 in the cliffs! (I googled Icthyosaurus - it was quite interesting!!!!)
All this history... and we just came here to play on the beach!!!
Lani especially was just so happy to be here. She was giving everyone hoorays and high fives when we told her we were off to the beach for the day!!
Here she is, full of Joy...
Just a little cold...
Sinking Feet...
Checking out the 'Shingles Beach' right next to us!
To start with I thought it was just weird, but the more I think about it, I kinda like the idea... a beach without sand - Mick reckons his Poppa Chall would have loved this beach! I'm sure the rocks warm up and feel quite good for a little while! And you can walk right into the water (kinda like at a river) without getting sandy!
Em had a great time too - she was kinda quiet though and just sat there and played!
Beach huts are so cool.... wouldn't it be great to have one!!
Not sure what's with the face! I think she was trying to look like Aunty Elle!!!! lol
Emily wanted to stand in front of the red one!! (lol)
It was such a nice day to relax - although why is it that when you get home from the beach you don't feel relaxed but rather exhausted! The many different views were great....
... apart from this one... we went to get an ice cream and found a couple who thought they were on a nude beach!!
We quickly snapped a shot - just for the blog!!! lol
Luckily they were gone by the time we reached this...
And isn't this a cute photo....
Lyme Regis is about an hour away. There are so many things that are 'about an hour away' - we are living in such a great spot! England is fantastic!
14 comments:
That looks awesome. Did the rocks hurt your feet? THe thing I hate the most about the beach is the sand and it getting in the car and in the house and all over the place. I also don't like the sharks. But anyway you got a lot of really good photos. Tell Emily that I like red as well..LOL. Maybe she is colored blind,....ha ha. Anyway good blog.
Hello England! Great photos and more interesting and informative snippets of history. We hope the weather is kind so we can trip around to some of your special places.
Your blog is fabulous! Thanks for keeping it up.
Oh that looks so nice Han! Girls are very cute :)
Oh well there's another place for us to go.
Its on the list.
Pics are great.
Love the nudies!!!
Love little Emily and her serious face making those sandcastles!
And LOVE those polka dot bathers!
Oh I love the look of this place...I think I could be quite happy living somewhere like that. Not sure about the pebbles. I like sand. It can be a pain at times but a beach without sand is just not right!
gr8 photos han, looks like you guys are having lots of fun!!
i love the beach huts they look great. Good weather its very cold over here. You are seeing a lot of places and I still feel like I'm travellin around with you your blogs so good. keep blogging.
The 4th pic from the top. Are those your legs Hannah. No wonder you are worried about dimples in your arms like mine.
Loved the photos of the beach. Can't believe you guys are at the beach, it's freezing here!!
Emi looked pretty funny in front of the 'red' door - and nice face she pulled.. hahah can't believe how much she's grown!!
Ohh love their cute caps - must be nice to spend a day together in the beautiful sunshine!! Fancy taking a pic of the nudies, did Mick take that?? Keep ya eye on him!
i want to go to that beach- looks gorgeous....apart from the nudies.
the last photo looks like a picture from a book. so different to what we see here. looks great fun.
you should take mum and dad to a nudist beach when they get there.
ahhh, love these beach pics. You make me want to come back to England and travel Han!
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