in Thorncombe Woods, near Thomas Hardy’s birthplace.
Reflections dans la mare, feuilles de chêne et de bouleau dans le bois de Thorncombe, près de la maison de naissance de l’écrivain Thomas Hardy (Tess d’Urberville)
Author: natamagat
Random thoughts from a French incomer in rural England.
Interested in the love/hate relationship between the English and the French (unavoidable), community matters (they affect us whatever nationality),
tourism (my original career with an MA in Tourism albeit a French one),
photography (images speak a thousand words, although only the good ones),
and words (mostly English words with a few French ones thrown in)
Pardon my Franglais if you will.
Beaminster under a moody sky
The sun and the clouds have been playing with the hills and the villages giving us a forever changing landscape.
Coastpath or beach?
Busy day at Eype, Indian Summer 2011
Indian Summer on the Jurassic Coast
The joy of living in West Dorset when an Indian Summer comes along, brief as they are, is to go down to the beach for a lunch break, enjoy the view of Golden Cap and the Jurassic Coast, quietly soak in the warmth of the sun and feel recharged for Autumn; and Winter…
Inn with rooms in rural Dorset
Collage of a photoshoot for the Greyhound Inn in Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset. Capturing the mood that Bridport’s CW Interior Design created was a pleasure.
L’Auberge du Lévrier -Greyhound Inn- est un pub bien Anglais au fin fond de la campagne ondulée du Dorset Occidental avec une bonne table appréciée des gens du coin. Les nouveaux propriétaires ont refaits les chambres avec des couleurs chaudes, des lits comfortables, des détails qui font la difference mais ils ont gardé des prix très raisonnable.
Bridport Vintage Market is under threat
Bridport Vintage market has become a fun place to meet friends, hunt for a quirky object, have a bite to eat, generally soak up a fairly laid-back and bohemian yet still working class and gritty atmosphere.
Locals love it as a place to meet mates, visitors love it because they’ll meet locals.
More importantly, the St Michael’s Trading Estate, now Bridport’s Art and Vintage Quarter is not just artists and vintage sellers…
It’s home to many businesses…
Festival des Fruits de Mer, Weymouth 2011
Le festival des fruits de mer à Weymouth, dans le Dorset Occidental, celèbre poissons et crustacés mais également les pêcheurs de grand fond sans qui nous n’aurions pas les coquilles St Jacques ou crabes qui font le régal des visiteurs et gens du pays dans nos restaurants.
Les meilleurs restaurants et hôtels du coin se réunissent sur le vieux port de pêche et proposent des plats différents, inspirés par la pêche du jour. La région est réputée pour ses excellentes Coquilles St Jacques, ses crabes, ses huitres et bien sur ses poissons.
Quelques images pour vous tenter…
Le prochain: 7 et 8 Juillet 2012.
Dorset’s Golden Coast
In case you wondered why the Jurassic Coast around West Bay and Bridport is called Dorset’s Golden Coast…
La Côte Jurassique Anglaise près de Bridport s’appelle la Côte Dorée du Dorset. Voilà pouquoi!
Fossils and forts: Dorset’s Golden Coast secrets
If you’re lucky enough to live near Bridport, you live on Dorset’s Golden Coast. You may not know this, indeed most people I speak to don’t seem to realise. Having said that, it’s a name that stands to reason when you stand near our coastline with its tall cliffs hiding dinosaur bones and other secrets.
It’s not all coastline though. The countryside is also hiding a few secrets in its soil. Bronze age forts turned Napoleonic watch towers… who would have thought I’d ever write about that?
If you fancy a few more details you can read my blog post on the Bull Hotel website:
Pardon my Franglais 