Sometimes, when we are in the midst of winter, I like to remember some of the lovely places we have visited in past summers.
Mandy James, author of A Stitch in Time and Cross stitch, talking about her upcoming new book, which is based in Tintagel, Cornwall, a place with so many happy memories for us, triggered this off. Visit her blog here.
Last year we found ourselves going somewhere new. A lovely place on the Dorset coast called Lyme Regis.
The Lyme Regis Literary Festival had invited us to attend that day, and we intended to make a full use of our visit. We met all the authors we knew from the internet and really felt part of the writing community.
After a lovely lunch in The Royal Lion Hotel, we set off to explore.
The River Lim makes its way to the sea in Lyme Regis, and the quaint old hotel where we had lunch, actually seems to straddle it. This hotel is also supposed to be haunted, although there was no sign of anything like that when we were there.
We walked along the impressive pathway that encompasses the beach. It is called The Cobb, and was made famous in Jane Austen’s book, Persuasion. I believe it also featured in the film, The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
Lyme Regis is a wonderful place to visit if you collect fossils, one of the best places in England to find them, and practically every shop is full of some impressive specimens.
I remember thinking how refreshing it was to be somewhere new, somewhere just a little strange. We have visited many lovely places in the past, but this was the first in a while. Something we would definitely being doing more off in the future, as getting older is not really an excuse to stop enjoying yourself.
Lyme Regis is a lovely place, and the weather that day was brilliant. The sun gilded the sea with a magical gleam and we made our way home at the end of the day, promising to return one day…
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