Weymouth and St Malo

We took a trip down to the South Coast of England, our base for our visit was the town of Weymouth. Its a typical seaside town with some impressive Georgian houses and a clean beach.

We took a drive over to Lulworth cove. This is a beautiful part of the Dorset coastline and we spent a couple of hours walking along the trails and enjoying the spectacular views.

We visited the town of Poole and took a boat trip around Poole harbour and over to Brownsea island.

We decided to do a day trip over to the French Port of St.Malo. We took the early morning ferry over and stopping off at one of the channel islands.

We spent a few hours exploring the old streets of St Malo before enjoying a typical French lunch.

The swell on the sea picked up in the late afternoon and there was some doubt as if the return journey would take place, but it did and it was a very rough crossing back to England.

On our return to England we took a drive over to the Isle of Portland, it was windswept and barren but an interesting place to visit and there are some great views across the bay to Chesil beach.

Our final stop was at Portland castle that dates back to 1540 and was built by Henry VIII.