We had work today - three ten minute jobs but they were over at Swanage and so, as it was a lovely day, we packed a picnic, piked up a Starbucks and headed off, in Polly, to work.
I will often say that I love my home, I love my home town but I want to add that I love my county too. Dorset is the best county in the world (OK so I am biased) but we have everything a beautiful county could want for. OK we don't have mountains or Disney or a single motorway, but we have pretty villages, the ocean, beautiful coves, the Purbecks, the Jurrasic Coast, fishing towns and villages, heathland and open spaces, ancient monuments, ruined castles, the second largest natural harbour in the world, a speedway team, all 6 resisent UK reptiles, sandy beaches, a perfect park, an iconic chain ferry, nature reserves a plenty, traditional seaside towns, thatched cottages, literary heritage, market towns, stately homes and oddles and oddles of beautiful scenery and tiny roads. Do I love Dorset. Yes I most certainly do.
Anyway I digress. We drove through Wareham (which was looking stunning with incredible planters everywhere)
and headed to Swanage. This was my lunch view and yes, of course I have bought a new picnic blanket that matches my car!
It was beautifully warm - if a tad windy (my hair responds badly to the wind and so despite looking quite presentable when I left the house it is now a mass of tiny ringlets ... a sort of fluffy afro!)
We enjoyed a very nice walk
and then we headed back over the ferry. I love going on the ferry - at £4.50 a go we don't do it often, but it never gets old. And I enjoyed browsing Studland too
Polly first in the queue for the ferry
I took some pictures of the Haven as it is due to be demolished - it was where Nigel proposed to me 33 years ago.
What a smashing, simple, lovely day. After 5 weeks of exam invigilation (which is a lot for someone meant to be retired and a kept woman) it was doubly lovely.
Dawn has a fab new masculine kit out to selebrateFather's day or all the men and boys in your life. It is called He's all mine and there are elements, papers and word art all at reduced prices.
Nigel in a rare - thankfully - pose on a speedway bike. He knows if he ever RODES a speedway bike he does it as a single man. I know how dangerous they are. My father rode one, I have no need for my husband to join the party!
Today I am thankful for
- a lovely 'work' day
- Dorset - best county ever
oh and those final vintagebits of humour. I hope they made you smile too