Swanage Visit Thursday 7 September
The weather over the schools’ summer holidays this year was distinctly average, with quite a lot of rain and middling temperatures.
Mediterranean temperatures of course descended just as the children returned to school, and just in time for our visit to Swanage. The coach was nicely air-conditioned, and temperatures of 26 degrees greeted us as 54 members got off the coach at Swanage station around 11 a.m.
The more determined took the steam train to Corfe Castle to admire its iconic skyline and sample its teashops. The rest of us stayed by the seaside engaging in traditional pursuits such as taking a boat trip, walking on the pier and enjoying a lunch of fish and chips. The town centre was close to the station and some of us spent a happy hour or more browsing in Swanage’s independent shops.
Phil varied the route a little on our return home, and we drove past a Purbeck stone quarry and diverted through the centre of historic Wareham. We were buzzed by a swarm of mororbikes in the queue back onto the island, which is apparently a regular Thursday evening treat for Hayling’s motorists.