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SW England Day 2

Weymouth to Plymouth

We headed towards west, straight after the Breakfast in Weymouth. Our first stop was a popular Dorset beach. Hive beach is a key gateway to Jurassic Coast. It’s famous for the sandstone cliffs, where some follis can be easily found. And we found ones too.

The next stop we did, was Powderham castle – located already in Devon. Unfortunately the castle was closed for tourists, so we only saw the outside area and step into a Devon specialities shop instead.

Tens of miles later we arrived to Bigburry and its beach. This beach is special as it is connected with opposite Burgh Island only when the tide is low. Here we were also not lucky as the tide was pretty high and so the connection to the island was underwater.

As Miska reminded, the Burgh island and it’s hotel also made into an episode of detective Hercule Poirot, who found a small empty bottle below the hotel as one of the key criminal evidence.

Not far away from Bigburry lies another beautifully bay called Wemburry. But yes, I forgot to mention that it was bit rainy the whole day and by the time we came to Wemburry also bit windy. That was the reason, we did not spent that much time there and drowe to our destination for the night – Plymouth.

The Ocean city is for us known as Drake’s town and as a coincidence the Drake’s Island was the first thing we saw here. Walking from the Hoe promenade we passed the Royal citadel and soon reached the harbour. Somewhere by the harbour there is a place called Navy Inn, where we set down for a couple of tasty pints of Guinness.

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SW England Day 1

Portsmouth to Weymouth

On Sunday, 25th of May we woke up in an upper – floor Travelodge room in the centre of Portsmouth with a wide view. Taking a 30 minutes’ walk down towards the harbour, we got to the Flanking Battery and the place called The Canteen. It is serving the most delicious breakfast in the town. After that we took a closer look to Spinnaker tower and went on to see some other town’s landmarks .

The decision between the 2 routes for the day was taken and soon we were trying to board on a ferry to Isle of Weight. However, on this attempt we booked tickets for a day after and therefore had to call, exchange the tickets and get boarded again 😊

In some 50 minutes this several storey ferry took as to a slightly different country. Isle of Weight is really beautiful and one could spend the whole summer there. Our first IoW stop was the Carrisbroke Castle. Then we continued towards south and stopped by the House of Pearl for an original souvenir for Miska.

Later we took a coffee break at the Freshwater Bay and continued to see the iconic IoW highlight – The Needles. Although we missed the attractions opening times, at least came as close as possible to see those sharp white rocks and the lighthouse. For the way back, Miska got us on a guided double decker bus to save some energy and get more info about the area 😉

Back to JUKE we were in a little hurry to catch our ferry from Yarmouth to Lymington. On the mainland we first stop by the Highcliffe Castle. Took a look from outside, made some pictures and walk around the castle.

Somewhere outside of Bournemouth we did a Thai food break, of course as a take way to our last stop of the day. Reaching Durdle Door just before 9 PM we were not allowed to drive to its parking. But crossing the campsite, we soon found ourselves sitting on bench overlooking sea and enjoying our dinner. The Durdle Door is really a spectacular art of nature, affirmed by many, carrying a simple tent, eager to see it during the late evening or night. Our shelter for that night was the hotel Rex in Weymouth. Classical Victorian house, which of course served us some tasty pints of beer before the midnight.

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South West England

Arrival – Day 0

The flight with Wizz air was absolutely alright. We arrived to Gatwick on 24th of May on time at 7pm GMT.

To kick start our South West England road trip, we needed to get the booked car from the budget rental at the airport outskirts.

Well, we took a wrong bus, got out of it bit late and had to wait for another one going the opposite direction. Afterwards there were still some, (not few) hundreds of walking meters to get to the Green Motion. For all of that, just blame me. I thought, the on demand call to pick us up from the airport by the rental car, would be too expensive to rather consider a short bus drive (which took us approx. 1 hour) 🤦‍♂️.

The VW Golf we booked with Green Motion (for as little as 25€ a day) turned out to be Nissan Juke, a pretty new one, with less than 3000 miles on it’s counter.

For sure, our first miles in it were a bit shy (manual gearbox, in the left hand, sitting on the right seat) but we somehow managed to reach our goal of the day, Portsmouth.

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London – full time on!

Finally! Here we are now, back to full time on to London now!

I at least have thought about us spending few days in the City for some time already.

Searching for the places, searching for a time to see the places. Sometimes you don’t have to. It all comes its very own way. As a lucky ballot coincidence setting up the ground. 

From Wednesday evening 23rd of October 2024 to Sunday afternoon 27th of October we visited my favourite European City. And actually, we stayed directly in the City.

In the morning ride a bus and soon in the City the big fire’s Monument you will pass.

Your next stop is St. Paul’s Cathedral, then Royal Court’s of justice, you’re arriving to Trafalgar square without notice.         

If you want to see the famous Big Ben, don’t look for it, it finds you before you count to ten. But go to Westminster and especially to Abby, look around the Parliament too.

Make a few steps to Downing Street, and head to St. James’s Park for a coffee on the park’s bench.

Of course, that’s not all, that’s not enough. But can it be enough? I feel for me, It will never be enough.