Corfe Castle and Studland Bay

Corfe Castle is a bit drafty

The last couple of days have been great and the weather has been kind. Even though it has been forecast for torrential rain and 60 mph gusts.

Yesterday we went to Corfe Castle which is now a ruin. It was built in stone in the 11th century by William the Conqueror and was a royal fortress for 600 years.

Santa's Express

From the castle you look down upon the village of Corfe and the old railway line. At the moment they are running a steam train called the Santa Express. Well it is December after all.

Middle Beach

Today started out as a bright sunny day and we decided to risk it and go for a walk at Studland Beach. When we arrived the SBS (Special Boat Service, like the SAS but on water) were training by jumping out of a Hercules and parachuting into the ice cold sea.

Old Harry Rocks

We walked along the beach and headed to one of the bird hides on a lake called Little Sea which is a nature reserve. From the hide we saw a couple of otters, a kingfisher and a marsh harrier. At one point the otters were about 4 metres from us.

We had a brilliant time.