We mooched about at the house all morning whilst Andrew
dozed.
At
lunchtime we set off for Lyme Regis; a pretty little seaside town. We
had lunch in a pub in the main street. Carole and I bought a skirt each in a little shop nearby. We went down to the seafront where we sat,
walked, paddled etc. for a couple of hours. The beach is very pretty
with lovely golden sand and the sun has got her hat on. It�s definitely
the hottest day so far this year! I almost got arrested for feeding the
seagulls - apparently there is a local by law forbidding people to do
this! We had a lovely cream tea in the fudge
shop then a short stroll by the river watching the ducks.
We
headed off to West Bay near Bridport for a walk on the extremely
painful shingle and a paddle. The outcrop of rocks here is lovely.
We
sat watching mad people leaping off the harbour into the sea. Nick
encouraged them in this whilst taking photo's of them. Eventually they
asked him if he was a reporter!
We returned to Dorchester and found the Sala Thai restaurant, another
excellent meal which we all thoroughly enjoyed. But they had run out of
all decent red wine, beer, vodka etc. so we settled for warm Pimms and
frozen (literally) Carlsberg! The girls were all laughing and friendly, so the
atmosphere was good.
Back to the gatehouse for some wine and a good
evening just chatting.
