All the rocks in Dorset are sedimentary and were deposited in water, mostly in shallow seas. They were deposited during the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary between about 200 million years ago and 40 million years ago and vary considerably in hardness and therefore resistance to erosion. This is well displayed on the Isle of Purbeck...
A new assessment that forecasts future flood risk in Weymouth town centre has been undertaken and published by Dorset Council.
The study assesses the levels of flooding that could occur over the next 114 years in extreme weather events. It considers sea, river, rainfall and groundwater.Â
The Environment Agency (EA) carried...
Another good location to see Gad Cliff is from WorbarrowTout which is accessible from Tynham, the abandoned village between Kimmeridge and Lulworth. It lies within the Lulworth Army Firing Range and was evacuated during the Second World War for defence training purposes and has remained empty ever since. However, it is possible to visit when the...
Greenhill and Sandsfoot Gardens in Weymouth have been recognised by the Green Flag Award scheme as being amongst the very best green spaces in the world.
The Green Flag Award scheme recognises and rewards well managed parks and open spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces across the United Kingdom and around...
Just because our government and especially the Home Secretary Priti Patel and her supporters are psychotic, thankfully the emergency services and the majority of the public are not.
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Dramatic bodycam footage of migrants being rescued by the RNLI in the English Channel has been released by the charity for the...
All eyes will be fixed on the waters of Weymouth Bay and Portland harbour this summer for the Olympic Sailing events, but what treasures and mysteries lies beneath it? There are reportedly hundreds of shipwrecks in the waters surrounding Weymouth and Portland which date back to the 16thCentury....
The next section of the coast is not particularly accessible and unless you have a canoe or some other water craft you can’t access the beach until you get west of White Nothe. However it is well worth the walk either from Lulworth or from the National Trust car...
Our little visit to Swanage as a travel guide...well loosely done but we had a fun day there!! For more info please go to our website https://www.tonyanduna.net
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Tony Dean
Simon Harris is organising this fundraiser.
I am raising money to build a sea border wall in the English Channel to protect the United Kingdom from illegal immigrants. Our government has said that they intend to turn migrant boats back and force them into French waters, but they won't need...
Despite a dull cool day, we decided to sit on the Esplanade for a short while and quite by chance, struck up conversation with tourists on holiday till Friday. After putting the world to rights, they said something like "why don't they do something with that area over there,...
