Dorset coast on an overcast day.
Maybe £4.50 for 2 hours is a bargain ?
West Bay . The western extremity of Chesil Beach.
Maybe £4.50 for 2 hours is a bargain ?
West Bay . The western extremity of Chesil Beach.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
It is an attractive and quirky little town - a shame the planners allowed those huge, pretentiously ugly blocks of flats on the West side of the harbour. (In the background of your photo number 8.)
There was still a small amount of commericial shipping other than fishing-boats using the harbour in the 1960s. I recall seeing a small ship carrying timer, alongside the wall. An aggregates company was also quarrying the beach on the East side for gravel; using a grab-crane to lift it and load it into lorries on the pier. That was eventually stopped when the authorities realised the beach is not being replenished!
Those who have not been there but do watch British TV drama series might recognise the harbour and the cliff shown here in profile - West Bay was one of the locations for Broadchurch.
I have not yet sampled it but there is a cafe in a railway coach standing in the former West Bay station, once served by a branch line from Maiden Newton via Bridport.
There was still a small amount of commericial shipping other than fishing-boats using the harbour in the 1960s. I recall seeing a small ship carrying timer, alongside the wall. An aggregates company was also quarrying the beach on the East side for gravel; using a grab-crane to lift it and load it into lorries on the pier. That was eventually stopped when the authorities realised the beach is not being replenished!
Those who have not been there but do watch British TV drama series might recognise the harbour and the cliff shown here in profile - West Bay was one of the locations for Broadchurch.
I have not yet sampled it but there is a cafe in a railway coach standing in the former West Bay station, once served by a branch line from Maiden Newton via Bridport.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@devonman Indeed.
It's hard for them to do this but the planners sometimes manage to stand up to another wheeze the speculators use, that of gaining agreement to build x out of y houses as "affordable" (whatever that actually means) then coming back and pleading to reduce x to avoid the whole scheme being uneconomical. Yes, and I'm the King of Persia.
It's hard for them to do this but the planners sometimes manage to stand up to another wheeze the speculators use, that of gaining agreement to build x out of y houses as "affordable" (whatever that actually means) then coming back and pleading to reduce x to avoid the whole scheme being uneconomical. Yes, and I'm the King of Persia.
