Monday Meander

Day 88

17 August 2009

This morning we all went for a walk up to Peveril Point.

These photos show a few things we saw along the way.

The best bit was when we were allowed to have a sneaky peak inside the lifeboat house.

This is a left-over from world war II, near to the watchpoint. During the war the beaches were closed off and the piers were dismantled to stop enemy invasion into the town. American and Canadian troops were also posted to the Purbeck area.


This feather caught my eye as it gently ruffled in the breeze.

I don't know who this memorial is for, but this tree and two next to it were covered in floral tributes.

Some steps.

The view into Prince Albert gardens and the bay, complete with portaloos in the foreground. Oops!

The Wellington clock tower. It was originally standing on London Bridge, but George Burt, who built Swanage (or most of the old bits), bought lots of bits of London bricks and bobs to use as ballast on the ships taking Purbeck stone off to London. He used the clock tower, parts of billingsgate fish market, and lots of other bits that are dotted about Swanage. The home of recycling!

Look out behind you!