01/05/2010
Firstly today we had to finish packing then take Toby for his swimming lesson. After that we hitched and were on our way.
The Journey was ok and the views of Corfe Castle was we drove past were lovely. Bit of a struggle getting the caravan into the campsite as they’d recently had some work done and the road into the site was very uneven (lots of very heavy trucks)
The Pitch is good – right next to the dog walk. The chap said it’s just a 20 min walk to the castle. We realised that when Dawny arrived we wouldn’t have time tomorrow to go to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door so we decided to go after tea. It was lovely at Lulworth Cove – we walked down the the cove first (Josh found a strange man decorating shells etc) then along the cliff and had a tea and biscuit picnic over-looking another smaller cove with holes letting the sea through the cliff. Very picturesque. Then we went to Durdle Door. Well, Lulworth Cove was nice but Durdle Door was fantastic. Thought you had to look at it from the cliff top but you can go down steps (very steep and dodgy) right onto the beach next to it. It was fab, the kids loved it and next time, definitely picnic day out material. The walk back was hard up hill but worth it.
Dawny’s bed had a hole in it so we spent half an hour trying to sort that out but we all need some rest for the long walk tomorrow.
02/05/2010
We woke up around 8 and managed to get out of the van at about 10 which with 6 of us and the dog wasn’t bad. We walked down to the castle which was mostly down hill but a nice walk (not looking forward to the return journey!)
When we got to the castle they had a Viking and Saxon camp and reenactment (2010 must be reenactment year). The Kids were excited though. We watched the first battle – the Vikings won. Then spent some time walking round the camp. The kids pressed some pewter coins, played a saxon board game and chatted to the people. Josh had some issues with the smoke from the fires but had fun. Then they joined in the battle – Josh was first – they lined up the kids and then the Men and charged the against each other (the men were looking quite scared) the kids were very enthusiastic. The Martha’s turn came. She had previously picked a fight with one of the more hairy men, so she picked on him when the fight started – very funny who was scared most. The we went for a nice lunch and back to watch the Saxons take back the village (this took a long time). We went back to the van – the walk back wasn’t too bad and we had had a long, cold but good day. Dawny then went off to cousin Jay’s and Toby found a friend so we had a quiet afternoon. Thank Goodness!
