Dorset Allsorts

This event is perhaps the biggest of it's kind in the world and has to be seen to be believed.  It's an old cliche, but there really...

Dorset has its fair share of fetes and fairs, and this is a little gem.  It focuses on all things steam powered or mechanical but is a lovel...

We attended the inaugural Car Festival at Milton Abbas which was apparently arranged in just 4 weeks, after a previously planned event faile...

Dorset has lots of different fairs and fetes throughout the summer, and this is one of my personal favourites as it is primarily about wood ...

In the churchyard of St Nicholas, in Worth Matravers, is the grave of Benjamin Jesty and his wife, Elizabeth. While Dr Edward Jenner is...

In the later 1700's the Earl of Dorchester, Joseph Damer, had a flight of 111 turf steps constructed leading from his home to St Catheri...

On a coastal walk recently we passed through Kimmeridge and saw this 'Nodding Donkey' which is the oldest working oil pump in the UK...

Karen and I went to Worth Matravers for a walk and parking up, noticed 'Woodhenge' a few yards from the car park.  It's quite a ...

Karen and I were walking around the Thornicombe area when we stumbled upon  Gorcombe Extreme Sports Centre  which is an impressive looking v...

We were quite surprised to discover that in the grounds of  Bryanston School  in Blandford are the largest broad leaf trees in Britain (and ...