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cathyml![]() Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:18 on 18th August 2010 STURMINSTER NEWTON ![]() Picture by Graham Rains ![]() Picture by Graham Rains ![]() Picture by Luc Dejonghe Gorgeous place |
cathyml![]() Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:26 on 18th August 2010 We are now heading to Shaftesbury - an ancient town set on and around a hill SHAFTESBURY ![]() Picture by Peggy Cannell ![]() Picture by Cornelius Keulen ![]() Picture by Jim Harrop-Williams Hope you are all fit enough to walk up those hills, lol
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cathyml![]() Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:29 on 18th August 2010 We will return to Blandford Forum via FONTMELL MAGNA (another gorgeous name) ![]() Picture by Graham Rains ![]() Picture by Graham Rains ![]() Picture by Graham Rains That is a beautiful looking village
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cathyml![]() Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:32 on 18th August 2010 Passing through Blandford Forum and heading on to Wimborne Minster & Kingston Lacey WIMBORNE MINSTER ![]() Picture by Chris Rawson ![]() Picture by Ruth Gregory KINGSTON LACEY ![]() Picture by Robin Granse
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cathyml![]() Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:36 on 18th August 2010 On our way now to Poole - back to the coast and the sea! & Brownsea Island POOLE ![]() Picture by Fred in't Hout ![]() Picture by Adie Ray BROWNSEA ISLAND CASTLE & NATURE RESERVE ![]() Picture by Richard Elson
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cathyml![]() Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:44 on 18th August 2010 Next stop Bournemouth, where we can go up in the Bournemouth Eye, visit the Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum and Compton Acres Gardens BOURNEMOUTH ![]() Picture by Fred in't Hout ![]() Picture by Fred in't Hout The Bournemouth Eye ![]() Picture by J.M. van der Putten Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum ![]() Picture by Anna Chaleva Compton Acres Gardens ![]() Picture by Jean-Marie Frissen
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cathyml![]() Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:47 on 18th August 2010 And the last stop for the day CHRISTCHURCH, where we can visit the Priory, Castle Ruins and Highcliffe Castle CHRISTCHURCH ![]() Picture by Christine Cooney ![]() Picture by Simon Larkins ![]() Picture by Bernard Davis
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cathyml![]() Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 22:51 on 18th August 2010 HIGHCLIFFE CASTLE ![]() Picture by Ruth Gregory Lovely place to finish the day wandering around these gardens. And then a sundowner before heading to bed. I rather liked the look of the Fisherman's Haunt Hotel, a 1673 building. Hope you all had a wonderful day and will join me on this tour very early tomorrow, meanwhile sleep well! ![]() Picture by Reg Talbot |
Ruth Gregory![]() Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 03:42 on 19th August 2010 OMG, Cathy, you're killing me! If I don't get to go to England again before I die, I'm gonna die! lol Here's a couple of lovely shots of Charmouth: ![]() Picture by Ken Brazier ![]() Picture by karen lawson
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Ruth Gregory![]() Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 04:03 on 19th August 2010 Here's another fabulous Dorset shot: ![]() Picture by Graham Rains
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