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D O R S E T
15 - 22 September 2007 No
holiday is complete unless you lock your keys in the car on the
way to your destination, and I'm proud to say I did my part.
Fortunately, the AA (British for AAA, not Alcoholics Anonymous)
are as efficient in Britain as they are in the States.
A very nice man opening our
locked car for us.
And
no trip to Dorset would be complete without a visit to the big
bloke on the hillside with this giant winky flashing in the sun
for all to see. 
Someone, a very long time
ago, carved this into the hillside, and no
one knows why. At least, that's what they claim; the real
reason for
this carving, and the others scattered about the county, are so
the
aliens will know where to put the crop circles.
This
hill carving isn't quite as old as the other, but the reasoning
behind it is just as mysterious. 
Doh!
This is a view of Melbury Osmond, the village we stayed in, from our front
window. 
Very peaceful, very
relaxing, very twee.
In
America, we might build a bridge here, but then, no one would
stop to take a photo of a bridge. 
I bet it didn't seem quite
so quaint during the massive flooding in July.
Chesil
Beach, one of the longest, most famous and, arguably, the most
beautiful stretches of shoreline in Britain. 
Way, way at the other end,
you can see the Jurassic Coast, where all the fossils are.
The
Jurassic Coast, where countless fossils and dinosaur bones are
found in the crumbling shale. 
All you have to do is keep
your eyes open and scuff along the ground if you
want to find a fossil. We found two.
Dorset
is Hardy country. Thomas Hardy, that is. This is
where he was born and grew up. 
The Hardy House.
This is one of the most famous views in Britain, made so by an ad for Hovis
bread featuring a young boy walking up the hill with a loaf of Hovis under his
arm. The scene was supposed to represent Yorkshire, so I guess if you're
looking for the quintessential Yorkshire town, you have to visit Dorset. 
The Golden Hill in
Shaftsbury.
And,
finally, this is Dorset, a very beautiful part of the
world. You should visit, really. 
The fields, hills and coastline
of Dorset.
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