Blue Poole, Wareham

Last weekend my mum drove over to see us and we decided to head to the blue pool near wareham, to make sure of a token she had for free entry and a cream tea (she won it at a village fete a few weeks back). 

I excitedly jumped in the car and we started nattering about our week, the heavens opened during the drive but we risked it anyway...

At the end of a long drive way is a field style carpark, at one side there's a gate and a man sat in a shed. We giggled slightly at the innocence of the entrance but excitedly walked on through, past the Wareham bears (no photos allowed) and straight on to one of the many walking trails around the blue pool. Sadly, it wasn't very blue at all and the grey sky made taking nice photos quite tricky which was a shame as when Emma from The Style box went they took some beautiful pictures. 

We also made sure to grab our free cream tea, which was more than underwhelming. Tiny scones and a very modest portion of jam and cream served on a polystyrene plate...not the twee british affair that one would expect.

It was a lovely walk, and a lovely day out...but very underwhelming and rather overpriced - adults are £5.50 each! 

Have you been to the blue pool at wareham before?

a wilvery wander

Last weekend we decided to make the most of the sunshine so headed out to Wilvery in the new forest for a nice long walk....

We tried to recreate the picture of us in this post (which my mum now has hanging over the fire place) although forgot we didn't have pup last time, not that it matter as she's part of the family and it helps the picture resemble our hectic little life a little bit more. 

What've you been up to lately?

xo

Durdle door

We finally got an afternoon together this weekend so decided to embrace the sunshine and headed off the Durdle door in Dorset. Durdle door is part of the Jurrasic coast, a world heritage site, and the main attraction is an arched rock formation- you might recognise it from Nanny McPhee, Wilde or Far from the Madding Crowd. The arch was formed when softer rocks were eroded away from the hard limestone allowing the sea to force it's way through, neat huh?! ( I loved geography and geology at school!). There's loads of other amazing rock formations through out Dorset such as the famous Old Harry rocks, Stair hole and Bat's head but for today we just stuck to an exhausting walk along the cliff tops. It was so lovely being able to spend a day out in the sunshine together with pup and playing with our new camera.

Have you ever been to durdle door?

What did you do in the sunshine this weekend?

xoxox