Wednesday, September 5, 2012

September Staycation 2012 ? Day 4 | SilverTiger

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We made an effort to get up earlier today took the 341 to Waterloo station and while Tigger bought tickets I acquired breakfast from Upper Crust.

We boarded the 10:05 Southwest Trains service to Weymouth but we are not going to that pretty Dorset seaside resort on this outing. Today?s destination is Swanage.

We left the train at Poole and looked for a bus to Swanage. The ride to Swanage took an hour and a half because the bus followed a very indirect route, describing a big letter ?C? through the countryside.

By the time we arrived we were ready for lunch. We looked around eventually settled on a pizza restaurant.

We explored along the Swanage seafront taking pictures from different viewpoints, such as the one below showing the bay from Prince Albert Gardens.

It was now very sunny and hot and we found a shelter on the seafront where we could sit and look out over the beach and the bay.

To start the return journey we decided to take the number 50 bus to Bournemouth and see whether we could join the London train there. This would shorten the time needed .

We reached Bournemouth in one hour 15 minutes and boarded a train for London. When the ticket inspector came, he apologized for the lights not working properly and gave our tickets only cursory attention. All set for the journey home!

It is quite a long journey to Swanage but just about worth it for a day trip, especially when the weather is fine as it was today. It is a pretty seaside town, calm and tranquil (people who like noisier kinds of entertainment need to go elsewhere), the sort of place I like.

We have visited Swanage before and I?m sure we will go there again.

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I live in Islington (N London) with my partner, "Tigger". I blog about our life and our travels, using my own photos for illustration. This entry was posted in SilverTiger. Bookmark the permalink.

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