Well had lots to do. We went to Durdle Dor and Lulworth Cover, My host couldnt walk down big cliff because bad knee but husband took us but he was too shy to take pictures because people were watching him!!! MEN!!
Both were beautiful, White Cliffs, like Dover but this is natural as they have to paint White Cliffs of Dover now. And wait for this, so exciting we went on a speedboat, it was wicked... so fast it was WONDERFUL..... saw another side to Durdle Dor, and Lulworth cove... all the boys decided it was so nice to do boyish things....
ONE MISSION COMPLETED..... VISTED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE....
Then went to Lulworth Castle, we all made for the canons and sat on top of them, again a man thing I thought, these were original canons.
Lulworth Castle
Lulworth Castle is a dramatic early-17th century hunting lodge.
The mock castle was built in 1607 - 10 by Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Blindon. He was a member of the huge Howard clan who were in great favour at the court of James I and had his principal seat at nearby Blindon Abbey.
The design of the grand hunting lodge was inspired by chivalric literature so loved by the Jacobean court. During the Civil War Blindon Abbey was destroyed by fire and Lulworth Castle was badly damaged. In 1643 the estate was purchased by Humphrey Weld, a wealthy Londoner, and it became the Weld family's principal home. The interior was remodelled on several occasions during the 18th and 19th centuries removing all traces of the original interiors.
The Castle was seriously damaged by a fire in 1929 and remained a shell until the end of the 20th century. The property is still in the hands of the Weld family who run the estate but the Castle itself is cared for by English Heritage. They have recently restored much of the building.
This is us looking through the windows, what lovely windows we thought. It was a lovely sunny day too.
We then went into Lulworth itself and again lovely, there was ducks swimming in the ponds and rivers and we thought they looked cute. They kept ducking .... ducking get it... down in the water we thought they had drowned but my host told us it was ok, they were looking for food. phew..... close shave or what.
Latitituds etc not working at present