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A rarity in recent years, but east #Dorset looks about to witness some #thunder and #lightning…
Well, after a few hours of brewing, I thought I'd have a beer that I'm hoping will be similar to my brew.
Cranborne Poacher - Ruby Ale - 5.7%
By Badger - because they have musteline ales in Dorset apparently...
One of many visits to Lyme Regis over the years for #MeerMittwoch today and this was from 2014.
Lyme Regis is famous for fossils and if you've not heard of its famous 19th century resident Mary Anning then she's well worth you reading up about her.
The castle slighted* in 1646 after the Civil War.
Built by Normans, controlling the pass into the Isle of Purbeck.
(Corfe means gap, the gap in the hills)
* a large amount of gunpowder was detonated here and there to break things.
#Corfe 'Castle #CorfesGeat #Dorset
Here's a wider shot of a southern marsh, with (surprise, surprise) Southern Marsh Orchids. Oh, and cotton grass, naturally. When I spot a bit of bog like that, can't resist getting into the squelchy bits for a closer look.
From Monday on the Purbeck Heaths around Middlebere, Dorset: Southern Marsh Orchids (many) and Heath Spotted Orchid (one):
From Monday on the Purbeck Heaths around Middlebere, Dorset: English Stonecrop and Heath Bedstraw
https://www.europesays.com/uk/165996/ Aston Villa out to hijack £20m Bournemouth transfer for France star and Milos Kerkez replacement #AFCBournemouth #AstonVilla #Bournemouth #Dorset #EU #Europe #France #LiverpoolFC #Section:Sport:Football
29mm and rising, makes today the wettest day of 2025 so far! #Dorset
"After four days she attempted to swim back to the mainland and was seen by the crew of a passing ferry who thought she was a seal."
This makes the idea of sailors mistaking dugongs for mermaids seem surprisingly plausible.
The Guardian · ‘What a girl!’ Lost dog returns after swimming to island on 100-mile journey
Spring #ukweather stats, #Wimborne #Dorset
• Spring 2025 has been one of the warmest and driest springs on record in England
• Here in S. Wiltshire/E. Dorset, spring 2011 was slightly warmer (11.16°C) and significantly drier (24.5%)
May #ukweather stats, #Wimborne #Dorset
• A warm May - the warmest May in my 15-year series
• A dry May - the 3rd driest May in my series from 2010, the driest being the Lockdown May of 2020 (1.8mm)
This easy, circular ramble to Old Harry Rocks in #Dorset, is along the flat, grassy ridge of Ballard Down to Old Harry Rocks. The views along this ridge are spectacular stretching over Poole Harbour on the north side and over Swanage on the south. See https://www.happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/Dorset/Ballard%20Down%20and%20Old%20Harry%20Rocks/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Ballard%20Down%20and%20Old%20Harry%20Rocks.htm
Councillors in Dorset demand RCV Engines stop supplying components for Israel’s military drones
#Dorset #RCV #ComplicitInGenocide
#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/05/29/dorset-rcv-engines/
Canary · Councillors in Dorset demand RCV Engines stop supplying components for Israel's military dronesA growing coalition of Dorset councillors demand that RCV Engines halt the export of engine components used in Israeli military drones
Somerset heritage railway enoys busy Spring Gala http://dlvr.it/TL54Zl #Dorset #MidsomerNorton #MidsomerNortonSouth #RailNews
Anger as Dorset estate withdraws public entry to ‘stunning’ local landmark https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/31/anger-as-dorset-bridehead-estate-withdraws-public-entry-stunning-local-landmark #Accesstogreenspace #ThomasHardy #Environment #England #Dorset #UKnews
The Guardian · Anger as Dorset estate withdraws public entry to ‘stunning’ local landmark
Nice stacked lenticular clouds (pile d'assiettes) off Swanage beach in #Dorset.
Technical term: #Stratocumulus #lenticularis
I'm not normally much of a train geek, but who can resist the allure of a steam train? I took a ride on the Swanage Railway a month back, and really enjoyed it. I'm old enough to remember when we still had steam trains on the national network, and that smell is so evocative of times past. Why has nobody thought to bottle it, I wonder?
