We are just back from our annual two week spring break in Dorset. As usual we spent the two weeks at West Hembury Farm in Askerswell as the guests of the lovely Charlie and Lucy. We had some fantastic warm sunny weather as well as some sea mist and we managed to do lots of our favourite walks with the dogs. Rodger, Maggie and Millie were particularly tiered by the ned of the holiday. We were also able to catch up with our friend Dom and Rachel as well as Netty Patterson who was staying at West Bay whilst we were there. The photo is of the old Villager stove in Barn Owls Cottage where we were staying.

The picture of the chimney is interesting, as this was taken at Lyscombe where Emma did a heritage project at work for the Dorset Wildlife Trust. We did a walk around around the whole site which the Dorset Wildlife Trust are turning into a nature/history reserve. The site has stunning scenery as well as being historically fascinating. There are numerous earth works including a number of large Neolithic Cross Dykes, numerous Bronze Age Barrows, a Roman period settlement and agricultural enclosures and a disappeared Medieval Village in the bottom of the combe. At the centre of the site there is a thatched Medieval pilgrims chaple and priests house, a disappeared manor house an Medieval barn and stone fish weir. The photo of the chimney is from the ruined Medieval priests house.