Lyme Regis

Today we wander round town.

Start down the hill. Past the aged care home. Past the church and cemetery.

Across the busy road, i think it's a main road into town. Through the car park and down 101 steps... to the beach.

Beach? Sand on rocks. But it's a fossil beach.

Above the beach is a massive black cliff. The cliff has spent centuries collapsing onto the beach -- and dropping rocks containing fossils.

Feb spots a fossil! an ammonite. Amazing place.

we're on a walk which could go three km along the beach to another village. A walk which is underwater at high tide!

We're don't go very far, I'm not good with the head sized rocks underfoot.

We turn back to Lyme.

We reach the beach front. and the Cob.

All the English seaside stuff. A beach of pebbles half the size of my fist. Two people lying sunbathing on the pebbles.

A bit further and it's beach sand. A bit grey, but suitable for digging and sandcastles :-)

There are beach huts. We chat with a local.

The huts are rented for weeks or months... if you book a year ahead.

They come with maybe a chair or two. Then the user stocks them with, well, whatever is needed for many days by the beach. Rain or shine. Brilliant.

btw, today is sunny, perhaps twelve degrees. With a very cold wind blowing in off the sea.

There are plenty of shops fronting the beach. Holiday food offerings such as burgers and icecream. probably real food too, I'm not looking.

We walk across the pebbles to the sea wall, stone and massive.

With my back to the beach it reminds me  of... Beatty Park pool. It's a feeling as much as a sound, of people, families, having fun. A very enjoyable sound, relaxing, pleasant :-)

We stop for scones. With jam and clotted cream. Yum. Thick, rich clotted cream. And plenty of it. Thick as butter.

We wonder why clotted cream has never come to Australia.

We walk a short way uphill. To Langmorr and Lister Park. It stretches across the side of t the hill. Lots of grass, woods, mini golf, sea views. A couple of statues, points on an historic trail that goes through town.

We stroll through and back to town for lunch.

In a cafe. We have Devon pasties. Yes, we are in Devon.

Next stop is the town museum.

There are lots of fossils, of course. An ammonite 30 or 40cm across. So large that i check Wikipedia. Yes, they can be large. Up to 8m!

There are four or five floors.Full of history and more.

Mary Anning and her house of course. ( Read about her yourself :-)

I used to enjoy museums, a lot. I would stare and read everything. Then with age I needed reading glasses and it all became more difficult. Glasses on, glasses off, on, off... Now I just skim. And don't enjoy museums nearly as much.

Instead... I read eg Wikipedia. Reading glasses on.... and that's it.

So I have already read a lot about Mary Anning A real eye opener to how things were.

Anyway. Today Deb calls it a day after just two floors of the museum.

We are pretty tired.

So... up the final, steep, hill to home. And collapse. Nearly 7km walked... a lot of it uphill. Phew. But Deb has had enough of driving... till tomorrow.

We spend the evening picking Eurovision winners. When the results are announced I, as usual, will have forgotten who I liked. But we enjoy the show.

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Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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