Places of Interest

Have you been to Dorset? If not I can tell you of some places there.

Oh! You know I haven't, Kiki. I've been through it but not stopped. Yes, please. I'd love to know some interesting places to visit there.

Yes, anywhere along the Jurassic Coast is nice.

My old stomping ground when I was little.

Lot's of history, interesting geology, gentle rolling hills  etc. Then there's Portland, which is something else altogether with great views westward over the Fleet and Chesil Beach

Well worth a visit.

One Walsall Fan said that he found a great B and B near Pompey to stay, whenever his Club were playing at Fratton Park, only to discover the B and B was at The Isle of Wight.

Sounds like myself.

Oh god yes they are still like that. Hampshire Cockneys is the correct name. Trying to be cool but they aren't.

I don't think people are like that in Dorset, they're more West Country. Or they used to be anyway.

A few years ago we went to the Steam Fair, have you been? It was so much nicer than Hampshire, everyone was much slower and calmer.

Hahaha, I once worked with a guy who called people from Portsmouth 'Hampshire Cockneys'  (that was back in the early 90s)

I was lucky, I was nearly born there haha.

Haha!

Dorset SEEMED boring when I was a teenager/ young person. But now I'm old and slow, it seems like heaven. Hampshire is full of people trying to act like Londoners, trying to be cool and tough. Far too many motorways and cities.

I think what I meant was 'applied anywhere along a particular stretch of the south coast, due to the English Channel.'

Although, further east might be different. And further west will be more impacted by the Atlantic. 

Also, Dorset's pretty boring, that's why people fall asleep, hahahahahaha

No, different counties are different, wherever they are on the coast. Dorset has very relaxing, sleepy air, everyone used to go to sleep when they came to visit us. Unless we were extremely boring, haha.

Compare the wild coast of Scotland to sleepy Cornwall, they couldn't be more different really.

But it's what's on the land that affects the area of course.

I regard to the sea, I was talking about where I live now, but I'm sure it applies anywhere really. It's still the same coastline, just further along haha

Funny, when I was little I didn't much like the towns because there wasn't much to do. But I never appreciated the lovely scenery.

Nowadays, I still don't like the towns much, but I really appreciate the scenery.

Haven't been back for a few years, so I might have to plan a camping trip...

Oh you're making me homesick. I've decided in 3 years time we are going back to Dorset. End of. Or I will go on my own. I'm tired of being away from Dorset.

Oh yes, I actually like the desolation haha.

But my favourite is when it's sunny/cloudy and windy, with the waves foaming and crashing.

There's a certain time of year, Jan/Feb if I remember correctly, when the sea takes on a silvery grey colour with a slight sandy tint. When the sun hits it right and the wind is blowing, it's fantastic.

I like the winter, it's better in towns like these.

Another problem with growing up in a tourist seaside town:

Crowded, noisy, and chaotic in summer.

Desolate, depressing, lonely in winter.

Yah can't win...

Yes, but usually speeding past to get to somewhere else, hahah

Oh yes, you must go to the beach in winter or the evening when the grockles have gone and there's hardly anyone there. LOVE that. I want that back.

Yes, you must know of those towns if you're a Dorset dweller

Haha, my dad was a submariner, but what I took away from that was a lot of doom and gloom. If something goes wrong, you're done for.

Yes, I like the sea, but I don't really enjoy going in it or on it. I can kinda swim, but not at all well.

But I do love the sea, the power of it, its ever changing moods, and the horizon, that silvery line into infinity.

But the thing that really got me as a child was the green/black swell around Portland Bill. It was like looking into the abyss. Maybe it is what started me thinking about emptiness and how small we are.... Anyway, I don't want to go down that route today

I've also never been a huge fan of beaches, but I probably associate them with tourism, which means people, which means noise and chaos. The problem of growing up in a seaside tourist town.

A desolate beach, on the other hand, is a joy, particularly on a blustery day.

I know of Broadstone and Wimborne and have probably passed by, but that wasn't really the area I travelled much.

Oh yes! The sea!! I miss the sea. I've been living away from it for many years, it's calling me back now. Time to go home. Hopefully ASAP but probably in 3 years at the earliest. I know what you mean about feeling claustrophobic inland.

I live nearish the sea now but the beach is stony shingle. The horror.

Funny because I can't swim or anything but my dad was a sailor, so was his uncle and I met some distant American relatives through DNA testing. They were all sailors too. The sea appears to be in my blood. No wonder I drink a lot of water, lol.

I grew up in Broadstone and Wimborne, you must know of those. You're West Dorset and I'm East Dorset.

Earliest memories are of living on Portland Bill. 

Mainly Weymouth growing up, but as a teen would spend time anywhere between Purbeck and Lyme Regis.

The occasional cycle from Weymouth to Lulworth was fun, not on a bmx though, hahaha.

I wouldn't often venture too far inland. Too far from the sea and I'd start to feel claustrophobic

Oh, where did you live, roughly, not the actual address? I grew up in Dorset...happy days!

Oh, where did you live, roughly, not the actual address? I grew up in Dorset...happy days!

One Walsall Fan said that he found a great B and B near Pompey to stay, whenever his Club were playing at Fratton Park, only to discover the B and B was at The Isle of Wight.

Sounds like myself.

Oh god yes they are still like that. Hampshire Cockneys is the correct name. Trying to be cool but they aren't.

I don't think people are like that in Dorset, they're more West Country. Or they used to be anyway.

A few years ago we went to the Steam Fair, have you been? It was so much nicer than Hampshire, everyone was much slower and calmer.

Hahaha, I once worked with a guy who called people from Portsmouth 'Hampshire Cockneys'  (that was back in the early 90s)

I was lucky, I was nearly born there haha.

Haha!

Dorset SEEMED boring when I was a teenager/ young person. But now I'm old and slow, it seems like heaven. Hampshire is full of people trying to act like Londoners, trying to be cool and tough. Far too many motorways and cities.

I think what I meant was 'applied anywhere along a particular stretch of the south coast, due to the English Channel.'

Although, further east might be different. And further west will be more impacted by the Atlantic. 

Also, Dorset's pretty boring, that's why people fall asleep, hahahahahaha

No, different counties are different, wherever they are on the coast. Dorset has very relaxing, sleepy air, everyone used to go to sleep when they came to visit us. Unless we were extremely boring, haha.

Compare the wild coast of Scotland to sleepy Cornwall, they couldn't be more different really.

But it's what's on the land that affects the area of course.

I regard to the sea, I was talking about where I live now, but I'm sure it applies anywhere really. It's still the same coastline, just further along haha

Funny, when I was little I didn't much like the towns because there wasn't much to do. But I never appreciated the lovely scenery.

Nowadays, I still don't like the towns much, but I really appreciate the scenery.

Haven't been back for a few years, so I might have to plan a camping trip...

Oh you're making me homesick. I've decided in 3 years time we are going back to Dorset. End of. Or I will go on my own. I'm tired of being away from Dorset.

Oh yes, I actually like the desolation haha.

But my favourite is when it's sunny/cloudy and windy, with the waves foaming and crashing.

There's a certain time of year, Jan/Feb if I remember correctly, when the sea takes on a silvery grey colour with a slight sandy tint. When the sun hits it right and the wind is blowing, it's fantastic.

I like the winter, it's better in towns like these.

Another problem with growing up in a tourist seaside town:

Crowded, noisy, and chaotic in summer.

Desolate, depressing, lonely in winter.

Yah can't win...

Yes, but usually speeding past to get to somewhere else, hahah

Oh yes, you must go to the beach in winter or the evening when the grockles have gone and there's hardly anyone there. LOVE that. I want that back.

Yes, you must know of those towns if you're a Dorset dweller

Haha, my dad was a submariner, but what I took away from that was a lot of doom and gloom. If something goes wrong, you're done for.

Yes, I like the sea, but I don't really enjoy going in it or on it. I can kinda swim, but not at all well.

But I do love the sea, the power of it, its ever changing moods, and the horizon, that silvery line into infinity.

But the thing that really got me as a child was the green/black swell around Portland Bill. It was like looking into the abyss. Maybe it is what started me thinking about emptiness and how small we are.... Anyway, I don't want to go down that route today

I've also never been a huge fan of beaches, but I probably associate them with tourism, which means people, which means noise and chaos. The problem of growing up in a seaside tourist town.

A desolate beach, on the other hand, is a joy, particularly on a blustery day.

I know of Broadstone and Wimborne and have probably passed by, but that wasn't really the area I travelled much.

Oh yes! The sea!! I miss the sea. I've been living away from it for many years, it's calling me back now. Time to go home. Hopefully ASAP but probably in 3 years at the earliest. I know what you mean about feeling claustrophobic inland.

I live nearish the sea now but the beach is stony shingle. The horror.

Funny because I can't swim or anything but my dad was a sailor, so was his uncle and I met some distant American relatives through DNA testing. They were all sailors too. The sea appears to be in my blood. No wonder I drink a lot of water, lol.

I grew up in Broadstone and Wimborne, you must know of those. You're West Dorset and I'm East Dorset.

Earliest memories are of living on Portland Bill. 

Mainly Weymouth growing up, but as a teen would spend time anywhere between Purbeck and Lyme Regis.

The occasional cycle from Weymouth to Lulworth was fun, not on a bmx though, hahaha.

I wouldn't often venture too far inland. Too far from the sea and I'd start to feel claustrophobic