There was quite a cold wind as we walked along The Purbeck Way from Sutdland to Old Harry Rocks at Handfast point.

My human wouldn’t let me get too close to the edge and held on to my dungarees to stop me blowing away.

I couldn’t even sit down without the human holding on! You can probably see the gloved hand, and might notice one of my shoes is missing! I found it in the bear carrier later.

As we walked along the coastpath the wind subsided and we could see Swanage in the distance.

I enjoy coastpath walking as you never know what might be round the corner or over the nxt hill.

On getting closer to Swanage the decision was made to turn back towards Studland. The days are short in November and we didn’t want to be out walking in the dark!

We had reached Ballard Point and had 1.5 mile to get back to Old Harry Rocks.

The sun was shining and I was feeling quite hungry (I like my food) so we stopped for a picnic with views of the sea on both sides of the headland.

As we made our way back again I noticed how very tall the humans looked in their shadows.

We arrived at South Beach, which turned out to be quite fascinating.

The beach huts were all brown colours which is unusual!

A pill box left over from war times was at the end of the beach, and behind it very colourful sandstone cliffs.

I was quite fascinated by the colours in the cliffs.

There were also lots of tiny holes that are thought to have been made by bees.

I had a climb on the rocks to look in the pools but the tide was on its way in so didn’t hang around there for long

The good thing about wearing dungarees is that they get wet instead of my bottom if I sit anywhere that is a bit soggy. I sat for a few minutes before it was time to leave.

The Purbeck Way from Studland to Swanage is an excellent stretch of coast path for those not wanting to clamber over too many rocks etc.

After getting back into the car at Studland, which was left in a National Trust Carpark, we headed to Corfe to call in a the tea room there for a cream tea, which is an essential part of any UK holiday!

Horace the Alresford Bear 4/12/2024