Sunday Outing

 

The forecast for Sunday was for a dry and possibly sunny day so we decided to take advantage of the weather and have another outing.  This time we headed for the coast and as Weymouth is probably our nearest seaside town we went there again.  We went by car not bus and the drive down was beautiful - we passed through lovely countryside with stunning views from the ridge towards Dorchester.  The sky was trying to decide whether to be clear or not, the distant views were veiled in mist but the sun was doing its best and now and again poked through and a piece of blue sky appeared.

On reaching Weymouth we parked the car and made our way towards the Esplanade but for a change we turned left on reaching the seafront and wandered along the beach in the other direction.  This side of Weymouth is an altogether different place - no Punch and Judy, no ice creams or burgers, no donkey rides (although to tell the truth there were probably precious few of any of those on the main beach now the season is over)  Greenhill is a more upmarket, genteel sort of area probably because the beach has by now turned from fine white sand to shingle and finally to pebbles.

As we had no intention of building sandcastles or donning our swimsuits this didn't matter to us and we enjoyed a walk along this quieter side of town.

Came upon this pretty mosaic - reminded me of the one I showed you on the South Bank of the Thames here.

As you can see the beach was empty - well the wind was chilly even in the sunshine.

There were pretty gardens - the sort I enjoy on a municipal basis but wouldn't want to emulate at home and probably not at their peak now but colourful nonetheless.

The clock wasn't working and it was lunch time not nearly 8 o'clock!  But it still looked pretty and rather English.

Having walked as far as we intended - to where the road runs along side the beach heading off to Preston - we wandered back again to a little cafe where we had a sandwich overlooking the sea before walking back towards the main beach and the harbour.

This road of hotels looked like a good place to stay well away from the amusement arcades and kiss-me-quick noise of the main beach.

I have shown you the views from the Nothe before here so won't bore you with them again here but it was a pleasant wander.

Back round at the old harbour we had to wait for the town bridge to open and close before we could pass across.  (If you click on the first photo you should get a full screen picture with a row of thumbnails below which if you continue to click on the following ones makes this look like a moving picture!)

This is the view from the bridge once we were able to cross.

Back along the esplanade these hotels were still looking lovely with their colourful flowers.  Reached the car park a few minutes before our 4 hours was up and in less than an hour we were home and had the kettle on for.... you've guessed it - a nice cup of tea!