I didn't get round to uploading this the other day - but we had a terrific day out this week. For years - seriously years - we have said we wanted to do the local Wareham River Cruise. We have been out round the harbour countless times, but never sailed down the river to Wareham and so we finally got to do it.
We could not have picked a better day to be tourists in our own town. It was hot and sunny but a breeze too and it was just perfect.
I am afraid this post is very photo heavy but they are cute pictures of our home town, of the harbour, of the river, of boats and of having a fabulous day with lunch at Wareham sat by the river and dinner on Poole Quay.
The boat heading off to Brownsea Island
I love that Poole is such a mix of the proper old harbour with working ships and fishermen as well as the sunseekers and luxury yachts (more of them later)
The small square house in the middle on Hamworthy beach - just the small one - is new and still being finished. The land alone went for £1,500,000. Goodness knows the cost of the house when it is finished.
These apartments on Hamworthy beach are gorgeous - we looked at them and maybe one day, when we downsize, we will live in one with a view over the harbour. It is also just where the cousins stayed when they visited - they rented an Airbnb there.
Moriconium Quay - I have looked there at apartments too
And beautiful Lake Pier where we so often sit and have lunch - lovely to see it from the other side.
and into the River Frome towards Wareham
Gorgeous summer house overlooking the water
Our boat tied up
Where we sat for our lunch
Beautiful church with the most glorious stained glass windows ... old and new
We saw lots of birds, little egrets, gulls, cormorants, sparrowhawks and - most thrilling of all - we saw HARBOUR SEALS!
This house is open two days a year (we need to find out when) as some of the rooms are furnished as cabins from the Mauretania as they bought the furniture and fittings and fixtured when it was decommissioned
Back into the harbour
And back into the quay - which I love
A rare shot of both bridges - just in the distance at the top right you can see the twin sails bridge sails going down
Sunseeker is one of the biggest employers in our town - building luxury yachts many of which are for export.
This one - not their biggest but big - estimated value approx £11,000,000
and finally our dinner venue.
We are terribly proud of our home town, of the harbour, the quay, the natural beauty we have and the fact you are never far from the water.
Thank you for the wonderful tour! You do have a lovely town. Even more beautiful with the fabulous sunshine.
Posted by: Barb inAK | August 20, 2019 at 08:14 AM