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That’s Chesil beach over there, longest shingle beach in Britain.

The Hardy monument stands out on the horizon again.

Equinox sunrise-ish. 21st March 2020

As sunrisey as it got

From one of the information boards

I’d forgotten how close Dorchester really is. Imagine all the big buildings are gone and you should be able to see Maumbury ring henge, and what the Romans did to it in the iron age, youve got to feel for these olden folk.

The western entrance

Someone said Maiden Castle is the best hill fort in Southern Britain, how about the whole of Britain, depends what you call best I suppose.

The vast earthworks on the south side of the fort, note Hardy’s monument on the horizon, useful for orientation .

The two nearest people are walking away from a man made dew pond.

The vast earthworks on the south side of the fort.

One thing I wanted to see was the Roman temple ruin, I got all the way round and hadn’t found it so I went a looking, having not much idea what I was looking for I thought this was it, even though I had a faint recollection of there being stone work. Clearly this strange square feature is not the temple I was looking for, but what exactly is it?

The eastern entrance

Poole Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world. Most of the harbour is very shallow meaning that ferries have to wriggle through specially dredged channels.

The way up, if you feel inclined.