Firstly, I want to talk about school terms here. There are three school terms: Autumn, Spring and Summer. "What happened to winter?", you ask. I am not exactly sure. All I know is that Spring Term begins in January and ends in the first days of April. It seems that no one wants to admit that there is a winter in England, or that the lack of daylight and sunshine are depressing enough without bringing the mention of winter into the mix. The terms are divided into halves and the school is closed for a week hence the "half-term break".
We spent half of this half-term in a town called Lyme Regis which is on the southern coast of England in Dorset. It was an easy drive and could also be done as a day trip. Make sure you pack your wellies, another pair of shoes and extra clothing; it is muddy and wet. Oh, and a hammer and chisel, too.
There are two reasons we went there:
1. Our neighboUrs who live in the other side of our semi-detached house own a cottage there which is about two blinks of an eye from the beach. I exaggerate, but it is really close. They have offered it to us on many occasions and we finally took their offer.
2. Lyme Regis is on the Jurassic Coast which is a stretch of land known for its abundance of fossils. It was boy (& man) heaven.
Many complete and new species of dinosaurs were (and still are) discovered in Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis is also the setting for The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles who lived here. There is also a new historical fiction book, Remarkable Creatures by Tracey Chevalier, which is a wonderful read and tells the story of fossil hunting back in the day from a woman's perspective.
Usually, we try to pack in a lot of activities on holiday, but this time we did nothing except hunt for fossils,
A'fossiiling we go...
read,
walk,
relax
and do puzzles.
Lyme Regis is very quaint in a good way.
There really is a bunch of stuff to see (museums, churches, neighboUring townes, lots of National Trust sites) but we just didn't. The kids and Craig found some awesome fossils - both Finn and Owen found an ammonite in full form - and I found handfuls of sea glass and pottery shards, an old marble and an old bottle without a scratch.
Enjoy the photos.
Now I just have to get through a mound of laundry...
We spent half of this half-term in a town called Lyme Regis which is on the southern coast of England in Dorset. It was an easy drive and could also be done as a day trip. Make sure you pack your wellies, another pair of shoes and extra clothing; it is muddy and wet. Oh, and a hammer and chisel, too.There are two reasons we went there:
1. Our neighboUrs who live in the other side of our semi-detached house own a cottage there which is about two blinks of an eye from the beach. I exaggerate, but it is really close. They have offered it to us on many occasions and we finally took their offer.2. Lyme Regis is on the Jurassic Coast which is a stretch of land known for its abundance of fossils. It was boy (& man) heaven.
Many complete and new species of dinosaurs were (and still are) discovered in Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis is also the setting for The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles who lived here. There is also a new historical fiction book, Remarkable Creatures by Tracey Chevalier, which is a wonderful read and tells the story of fossil hunting back in the day from a woman's perspective.
Usually, we try to pack in a lot of activities on holiday, but this time we did nothing except hunt for fossils,
A'fossiiling we go...
read,
walk,
relax
and do puzzles. Lyme Regis is very quaint in a good way.
There really is a bunch of stuff to see (museums, churches, neighboUring townes, lots of National Trust sites) but we just didn't. The kids and Craig found some awesome fossils - both Finn and Owen found an ammonite in full form - and I found handfuls of sea glass and pottery shards, an old marble and an old bottle without a scratch.
Enjoy the photos.
Now I just have to get through a mound of laundry...
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Looks great! Can't wait to talk to you about it.
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