An exhilarating weekend in Weymouth for Ian's birthday, with strolls on Portland between meals experiencing the varied weather and its effects, and a bit of sketching from and on tablets while it was still fresh in our minds.
First thing on Saturday the combination of high tides and high winds meant you could see the waves crashing against Portland from our cottage in Ferrybridge ( about a mile away!) It was a bit calmer ( still 30mph+ winds) and heading towards low tide when we went by bus to
Jackson Gallery and Café for lunch - delicious mini pizzas and Florentines and views out over the sea
We headed down the hill to the Cove House Inn for a pint, very blustery and difficult to keep the camera still. You can see the high water mark right at the top of Chesil Beach ( going over the top in places) with sea spray like smoke.
After a lovely dinner at
Floods on Saturday( red mullet baked with fennel -yum) , Sunday was a little calmer although still windy with incredible skies and cloud formations as the sun rose.
After a leisurely lunch at
Blue Fish Café we walked back over the causeway, stopping off at the Chesil Beach visitor centre to admire the mudflats in the waning light and then headed to the oyster beds at Ferrybridge - I took so many photos!!!
Finally at the end of the Rodwell trail, the sea was so far out that you could see the remnants of the pier associated with the old Whitehead Torpedo factory and there were hundreds of
seabirds where land met sea. There was a very high tide again as we left on Monday but nothing as bad as in
January.
Update 5th Feb -
video of waves crashing over Chesil earlier today.
2 comments:
You were lucky to get there before last night(Monday)'s storm! It has been very bad down here. I was prompted to get out my small bits of indigo and rust dyeing and start thinking about a 'Storm' quilt but it then got too dark to lay it out and the electricity was flickering badly. I look forward to seeing what you do with those photos.
Looks like a great trip - here in BC they promote storm-watching winter vacations.
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