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The
Great Dorset Steam Fair is held annually over 5 days at the end of
August, on a site at Tarrant Hinton, near Blandford Forum.
The
showground extends over some 600 acres so is vast and attracts 300+
steam vehicles (engines, cars, lorries) plus a huge array of other
exhibits and forms of entertainment. The 'main attraction',
arguably, is the 'Play Pen', a sizeable field set on a hill, in which
Heavy Haulage vehicles perform throughout the day to entertain the
crowds. This was
one
of the more modest entrants
At the other side of the site
there are further displays, including one on traditional farming methods
A Showman's Engine enters the
Play Pen
No,
not another shot of the West Coast Mainline near Shap ... this
time it's a particularly nice 'N' Gauge railway layout in the
Model Tent
The
last train steamed out of West Bay station in 1962 (it was closed to
passengers by 1930) but it has since seen further use in several
guises. It is now a very presentable cafe (the "Tea Station")
and
a short length of track has been restored for extra effect
The
Jurassic Coast is currently the only site in the UK to have been
awarded UNESCO 'World Heritage' status. It attracts this
accolade
because it "... displays the best uninterrupted cross section through
the Jurassic period to be found anywhere in the world".
Praise
indeed ... and illustrated in this shot of the coastline near
Freshwater, Dorset
Unusual
items are sometimes to be found on beaches. This one probably
wasn't washed-up on the last high tide but nonetheless seemed to have
been abandoned on Freshwater Beach with no obvious reason for being
there
High summer in Dorset!
Burton Bradstock beach in early September
The Condor ferry passes South
Haven Point, entering Poole Harbour on its way back from the Channel
Islands
Two amorous doves in Swanage
Ballard Point seen from Swanage
beach
'The Pinnacles', just south of
Old Harry Rocks at Studland
Studland Bay and Old Harry Rocks
Navigation buoys at Sand Bay to
mark the shipping channel
The
Hebridean Princess which started life as a car ferry. It was
later re-fitted as a luxury yacht and holds the distinction of having
been chartered twice by The Queen for private holidays around the
Scottish coast
St Oswald's Bay
Durdle Door
Cattle near Osmington Mills
Bowleaze Cove, Weymouth
This fisherman had the beach to
himself - Weymouth Sea Front
Anything you canoe I canoe
better! Weymouth Bay
Lodmoor Country Park, Weymouth
The tractor unit that is used to
convey passengers to Burgh Island after the tide covers the causeway
Bigbury Bay from Burgh Island
Bigbury-on-Sea
A windsurfer in Bigbury Bay
A rock pool on the Burgh Island
causeway
Torquay's Inner Harbour
The pedestrian bridge at
Torquay's Inner Harbour with the Grand Hotel in the distant background
Beacon Quay, Torquay
Torquay Sea Front
Two water spouts at the Crazy
Golf, Paignton
An ornate memorial in Arnos Vale
Cemetery, Bristol
One of the more imposing
buildings in Llandudno town centre is that of the NatWest
Grand Hotel, Llandudno
Wind farms off the North Wales
coast are expanding. This one can clearly be seen from
Llandudno sea front
Must be a strange Welsh
tradition!
Would
you want to meet this fierce looking creature on a dark night?
In
reality she is a very lively but even-tempered Siberian Husky
Llandudno Pier
Llandudno from the Great Orme
The
combination of a clean, reflective window and some highly polished
display items makes for an interesting shot. The shop is in
Rhos-on-Sea
Semaphore signals at Llandudno
Station
The narrow gauge Welsh Highland
Railway near Prenteg
One
of the features of an open-sided carriage hauled by a steam locomotive
is that it tends to get a little smoky when passing through tunnels.
The train is about to emerge from Aberglaslyn Tunnel
Llyn Cwellyn
The Water Tower at Waunfawr
Station
Train about to depart from
Waunfawr Station
Llandudo Sea Front by night
The Victorian tramway can be
seen snaking its way up the Great Orme
