Comments on: Come to sunny Dorset?

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:36:50 +0000

Heather – glad you like the books – and I agree with your comment. I love living by water – I have a river running through my garden too!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:52:13 +0000

Wonderful photos, of a beautify location!!!

I understand your feelings regarding the caravan park…I live on a lake so I know what if feels like to want to keep the area special!!! I suppose we have to share…but something low rise that blended with the landscape would be much preferred!

Your books are lovely…Heather

By: Durano Lawayan

Durano Lawayan — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:33:55 +0000

Hi Diane,

Yes, I was referring to “Eye of the Needle” from the book of the same title. Thanks for the correction. It looks very similar though.

And yes, I can”t agree with you more about being protective. It’s what we ask coastline dwellers to do, to be protective of their environment and not to over fish.

Besides, living there for 14 years qualifies as a resident, definitely.You can lay claim to it !
:-)–Durano, done!

By: Diane

Diane — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:58:46 +0000

I know, I’m torn with wanting to share Dorset with everyone and wanting to keep it uncrowded!

I can just make sure that I only walk where I can’t see the caravan park but people who go there on holiday don’t have that luxury…

Glad you like the books and the photographs :-)

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:36:11 +0000

Lovely photos! Of the books and the cliffs!

You’re neither a hypocrite nor a snob … but who can blame all who are able for wanting to take in that incredible view? On the other hand, the caravan park is most distressing. Seeing all the other caravans would ruin the view for me completely. But I guess you could take your lawn chair and refreshments out to the beach and sit with your back to all of them …

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:15:25 +0000

Paul – I’m always impressed that you are usually the first to comment! Glad you like the photographs. The caravan park is a blot – and on such a pretty beach too…

Teresa – it’s still not rained – even though it was forecast again today – very odd…

writinggb – that’s it in a nutshell! If the caravans were chalet/cabin like, made of wood so that they blended into the hillside, they would look so much better. The houses are permanent, (at least until the cliff crumbles) and are built with materials that will weather – the stone they are built from will become part of the landscape.
Yes – your comment sums up the difference perfectly :-)

By: writinggb

writinggb — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:40:35 +0000

I don’t know. It’s more than the whiteness and bigness, isn’t it? Caravans are also symbolic of so much that is ugly — factory-made rather than hand-crafted, cold metal rather than warm wood, transitory use of land rather than integration with landscape.

No, you’re not being hypocritical!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:02 +0000

The weather, like humans, is hard to predict. ;) Glad it didn’t pour on you though!

By: strugglingwriter

strugglingwriter — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:26:48 +0000

I don’t know how I missed this post. Sorry!

Great photographs.

The huge caravan park does seem like a blot and the houses seem more like an accent.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:36:33 +0000

Creechman – so true. It probably explains why the caravan park offends me but the house doesn’t….

Durano – I don’t mind them staying – I’m an ‘incomer’ myself, I’ve only lived here for 14 years or so, I just wished the caravans weren’t so white and ugly! It’s so beautiful otherwise.

Do you mean ‘The Eagle has Landed’? He was an Irish man working with the Nazis to kidnap Churchill in that one – it was filmed in Cornwall which is the South West of England – sort of my neck of the woods. Or he was a Nazi spy in ‘Eye of the Needle’ but I see that was filmed in Scotland.

Either way the UK coastline is rather gorgeous – I am just very protective of my bit – the Jurassic Coast – it has been designated a World Heritage Site after all, so i must be special!
:-)