Sailing early, the Condor ferry from Poole passes between a local trawler and the Isle of Wight in the distance......
another Cornish exile moored in Swanage Bay.......
local fishermen must be watching with more than passing interest as another huge wind farm looks like being built in the bay......
as usual, not a local box in sight.........
once stood in the Thames, this memorial to the Battle of Waterloo was brought back as ballast by a succession of boats carrying Portland Stone to and from the quarry down the coast at Portland.......
one of our lifebelts is missing.......
the huge annual fund raising week is in full swing at Swanage......
including visits and trips on the local boats......
kept in the lifeboat house......
last reminder to the crew on the way down the slip.......
the unseasonal weather will not dampen the spirits......
angling is hugely popular in the area and has its own liter scheme......
reserved parking ready for action.......
the sheer chalk cliffs at Studland are part of Dorset's dramatic Jurassic Coast.........
local gigs are kept on moorings during the summer season......
a must visit for old and young alike with tons of atmosphere, sounds and sights from another era very much alive on the Swanage to Corfe castle branch line with its annual Thomas the Tank Engine festival.......
where there's water there's always one prankster with a water pistol.
