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I wouldn't classify it as a retreat if I didn't have access to a toilet, but that is just me. I love all the scenery along your travels, and you are having the best luck in finding cows, too.
Not really much to see at Clouds Hill. The place definitely needs some work to make it more inviting, doesn't it?
Some beautiful countryside photos, from your drive!
I think you must have found a hidden feature in the GPS options that you enter to have Mark drive to where the cows are as you always find them!
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Too bad you weren't able to find parking for the castle - it looked like it would have been interesting to see.
Cloud Hill certainly gives some insight into Lawrence of Arabia. For many who live life always under a microscope, I can imagine the appeal of someplace quiet and fairly spartan. But I also think I'd want a bathroom! I like that it seems the National Trust has kept the property the way it was rather than adding lots of extra that wouldn't give you the same impact, and understanding.
Hope you're enjoying the weekend with your parents!
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I'm slowly but surely catching up! What a wonderful trip seeing so much that is "close" to home! Like others have said, I should've taken notes! Your trip has been full of so many interesting sights!
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Too bad you weren't able to find parking for the castle - it looked like it would have been interesting to see.
I would like to get there one day... it's do able in a weekend from here, so hopefully we can make it there.
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Cloud Hill certainly gives some insight into Lawrence of Arabia. For many who live life always under a microscope, I can imagine the appeal of someplace quiet and fairly spartan.
It also made me think about those who do live their lives under a microscope and how hard it is to escape that.
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But I also think I'd want a bathroom! I like that it seems the National Trust has kept the property the way it was rather than adding lots of extra that wouldn't give you the same impact, and understanding.
Hope you're enjoying the weekend with your parents!
We're having a very nice weekend. We met up with Karen (mattnkatsmum on here) and her DH Steve last night for dinner and it was lovely to see them again, as we haven't got together since summer 2012. We're out for dinner tonight with my parents and heading home tomorrow, but we're just generally taking it easy.
I'm slowly but surely catching up! What a wonderful trip seeing so much that is "close" to home! Like others have said, I should've taken notes! Your trip has been full of so many interesting sights!
Great to see you back with us and glad you're getting caught up.
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We made our way to the Middle Beach of Studland, and parked up. A very kind guy offered me his parking ticket that he’d paid for, but it was only afterwards I realised that we didn’t need it, as parking was free to National Trust members.
We headed down towards the beach, and were greeted with some beautiful views….
When we got down to the café area, I was very glad to see restrooms. I was stunned by what I found in there…
This thing was so cool! It squirted out soap first of all, then gave you plenty of water to wash your hands, then it turned into a blower to dry your hands. Very neat!
We got some more photos of the view from here….
… and I found this lovely little guy!
We headed back to the car, and admired the view from the Coastguard Hut, which also gave you details of the history of smuggling. It also explained how it still goes on today…
We then drove down to Knoll Beach, which is where the main facilities for Studland Beach are. However, as a result, it was a lot more crowded, and not really our scene, so we got a few photos and headed back to the car.
Mark had suggested taking the toll ferry across the water to Poole, and I agreed. We headed that way, and it’s quite a bargain at only £3.50 for a car. We drove up, paid for our tickets, and got in line to wait for the boat to come in.
The boat runs on a chain system, and you can see some of it here..
Mark told me we’d come at the right time, as apparently behind us, it was tailing back to the ticket office.
When the boat came in, we were in the fourth lane of vehicles, and there are only four, so not many more got on behind us. You can get out of your car and move around to take photos, which of course is what I did!
Honestly, you don’t even notice you’re moving on this thing. I remembered this from my childhood, as both sets of my grandparents lived in Bournemouth and Poole when I was younger. It runs on chains, which is a fascinating concept.
We were both amazed at how quickly they got the cars moving once we got to the other side. We almost barely had any time to get the engine switched back on before we were moving again.
Interesting. I never heard of a ferry operating by chains. The pictures of the beach area are very nice. I've never seem big rocks like that one the coast. I like by on of the great lakes and there's nothing like that around here.
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I love all the scenery along your travels, and you are having the best luck in finding cows, too. 
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that's my view too! 
The pump toilet on the boat on the Broads was enough slumming it for me...
We're out for dinner tonight with my parents and heading home tomorrow, but we're just generally taking it easy. 
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