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Tag Archives: coast
ImageSilent Sunday: Castle Cove
30th Aug 2020 in photos, travel, walks
Tagged beach, Castle Cove, coast, Dorset, view of Portland
Seaton on Sunday
Tagged beach hut, coast, Devon, Devon beach, sea, Seaton, Silent Sunday
Two Bloggers Go Walkabout
Here comes a RainbowJunkie
It is always exciting meeting someone from a train, but a fellow blogger – that’s very special! I was looking forward to our day and RJ seemed very happy to have arrived at my local station.
We went back to my house for a quick cuppa, and then onto the National Trust Car Park above Ringstead.Glorious!
We walked along the top, enjoying the views out to sea and far inland,
and then turning downhill towards one of my favourite destinations, St. Catherine’s Chapel, a little wooden gem, which has featured in a couple of previous blog posts. Here, and here.
There is a fine view of the sea from the windows, and always pretty garden flowers to decorate the chapel.
Outside, in the graveyard, there are plenty of benches on which one can sit and enjoy the view
even when the sun goes behind the clouds.
Watercraft was buzzing about while we sat chatting about blogging and crochet, listening to the rhythm of the waves below.
Neither of us are particularly keen on having our photograph taken but we thought we would have a go at a selfie as part of the record of the day before heading back to the car for a 20 minute drive to Moreton Tea Rooms for lunch.
We sat in the gardens
both choosing the same dish from the menu – very British fare – Ham, Egg and Cheese on muffins
And can you see the beautiful gift RJ gave me! one of her fabulous Celtic pot stands. WOW!!!!! How lucky I am – it is GORGEOUS!!!!
After lunch we explored all that Moreton has to offer.
First a visit to Moreton Church, famous for its wonderful engraved windows by Laurence Whistler.
This church holds a special place in my heart as my son and daughter-in-law were married here, their two boys were christened here and one Christmas with her Dad playing the organ, my lovely daughter-in-law, 6 months pregnant with her first baby, in a pale blue robe, led the choir into the church singing a solo of the first verse of Once in Royal David’s City. It gives me happy goose bumps when I remember that magical occasion.
The floor is beautiful too
I see doodles, mandalas and crochet patterns
We went on for a short walk to the river, where there is a ford, a popular place for paddling on hot summer days. We visited the grave of T.E.Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arbia as he was called, then into
Moreton Walled Garden (photo taken earlier this summer) for a wander and a cup of tea before returning to the railway station, about a mile and a half away.
It was lovely to spend time with a fellow blogger and get to talk about our many mutual interests. I felt very lucky to be able to show Jane around my patch and on such a lovely day – not too hot and no rain – perfect! I hope you enjoyed coming along with us.
Posted in walks
Tagged coast, coast path, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, Holworth, Lawrence of Arabia, Moreton Church, Moreton Walled Garden, Ringstead, sea, St. Catherine's Chapel
Bluebell time
Last Sunday I met a couple of friends for a bluebell extravaganza of a walk!
The path took us through deep dark woods
Joining Cee’s Which Way Challenge
and lighter glades where the light was stunningly, beautifully, softly, frothily romantic
I took so many photographs, it has taken me all week to choose which ones to share( they certainly won’t all fit in one post).
We stopped at Down House Farm
and sat out in the garden
for a delicious lunch of Bubble and Squeak, eggs and bacon, all local produce and drank apple and ginger fruit punch
after that we headed out to the cliffs and wide open views towards Portland
Oh what a joyful day, the sun shone, the air was sweet, the sky was blue, our batteries were well and truly recharged …..
to be continued …………
Posted in walks
Tagged bluebells, brunch, Bubble and Squeak, coast, coast path, Colmer's Hill, Dorset, Down House Farm, fern, Portland, sea, walk, walking in West Dorset, woodland, woodland walk
Coastal Cosy: WiP Wednesday
This is so relaxing to make and I’m enjoying making up the colour order as I go.
I started from the top of the picture with sky:
Cloud Blue, Sherbert, Cream, Soft Peach, Sherbert, Cream, Buttermilk, Soft Peach, Silver, Cloud Blue.
Then the sea:
Denim, Petrol, Storm, Denim, Aster, Cloud Blue, Petrol, Aster, Cloud Blue, Sherbert.
Breaking waves in Cream, Sherbert, Cream
onto a sandy beach: Buttermilk, Camel, Buttermilk
and one row of pebbles in Silver.
All in Stylecraft Special DK (acrylic) and a 4.5mm hook.
Pattern: Cosy Stripe by Lucy at Attic24.
I have made this pattern before when I joined in with Lucy’s Crochet Along (Cal) and I’m loving making another.
Graphite rocks will come next and then some grassy cliffs, followed by more sky …………
and so to choose more pink for the sunrise/sunset
Soft Peach is in the first bit of sky. Do I keep it calm and soft and gentle by just adding Pale Rose
Or liven it up with the corals of Pomegranate and Blush
Or go wild and vibrant by adding Fushcia Purple and Pomegranate
Which I think would require a more colourful sea beneath it, so I would add Empire into the blues. That Empire blue is much more vibrant in reality – you can see all the colours on the Wool Warehouse website here. But even there it is difficult to see the true colour. Blush is much more peachy pink than it looks on the website.
Which pinks would you choose? I’d love to know!
As Miss E would say when she was about 2 “cany’elp me?”
Joining today’s Daily Post: Lines
Posted in creativity, Crochet
Tagged afghan, blanket, coast, coastal colours., Cosy Stripe Blanket, crochet, crochet throw, lap blanket, WIP Wednesday
Silent Sunday
Joining the Daily Post: Silence
Tagged coast, Dorset, Jurassic Coast, Portland, sea, Silent Sunday
Welsh Wednesday Walk-Along
The drive from St.David’s to Aberaeron is spectacular! On my way I took a little detour to find Mwnt. (this was a few weeks ago) My cousin had recommended this beach (thank you H!) otherwise I would never have ventured the 3 miles off the main road. It was well worth it.

it does take a bit of finding down narrow high-banked roads
I did not see any dolphins but did see a Red Kite being chased by what looked to me like crows. Blissful to be able to sit, looking out to sea, and crochet, whilst sipping a hot cuppa from the excellent little kiosk, and munching on homemade Welsh cakes.
The sand is just asking to be drawn on ….
…. a cool waterfall for washing the sand from between your toes as you leave the beach
And thank you so much to Linda for letting me know about this spectacular Sand Artist – watch this!
Where have you been walking? I’d love to see your part of the world, please leave a link to one of your favourite walks so that we can walk along with you.
Dungeness on Tuesday
I’ve wanted to see Derek Jarman’s Garden for at least 15 years and on Tuesday, after a long drive across the bleak, flat marshes we found it more easily than I thought we might.
Although it is not as he made it (he died in 1994), it still has an aura, an atmosphere about it and the current owners have kept much of the basic structure of the garden.
It is not so isolated as I had imagined, and quite a walk from the sea……