This is the perfect time of year for enjoying Dorset’s seaside. A new book just published, Lesser Known Lyme Regis, delves into a side of Lyme you might not know, with commentary from local people and six easy-to-follow guided walks with maps.
It’s rather like having your own personal guide. AuthorJoanna Smith lives in Lyme, where she runs the Black Dog Writing Group. She spent two years researching the book.
‘So much has been written about the town’s history, literary links, walking trails and fossils, but I wanted to write a comprehensive guide that brings all these facets of the town together.’
‘The book includes interviews with dozens of local people such as fishermen, artists, fossil hunters, historians and wreck divers, which give a real insight into contemporary Lyme and explain why it’s such a vibrant place’.
Like Lesser Known Weymouth and Lesser Known Swanage, two other titles in the series published by Roving Press, the book will appeal to locals as well as visitors. It takes you on a personal tour to reveal the quirkier side of Lyme Regis.
It’s available in local outlets and direct from Roving Press (www.rovingpress.co.uk, tel 01300 321531), priced £11.99.
The publishers have kindly sent us book for a competition. Please answer the question below and send your answers via https://dorseteye.com/contact by 4th September 2014.
Where/what is ‘the Pearl of Dorset’?
The winner will be picked at random and will be contacted by 5th September 2014. (Those who got the answer right for the previous competition will also be added to the correct answers for this competition.)
