A week by the sea - Swanage

In mid-July, the humans and I travelled down to Swanage, a little town on a promontory on the south coast. We stayed for a week, spending time with friends we hadn't seen in a long time, and enjoying the sunshine.

We came across many fun and interesting creatures during our time there. These ducks had a lovely spot in a local playground:

This fellow looked after the house where our friends were staying:

There were owls of all shapes, sizes, styles and expressions all over the town:

This impressive gentleman stood sentry every day outside one of the shops on the high street:

Mister Quacky formed one of our party and enjoyed finding respite from his rather enthusiastic human in high places:

We came across this rather lovely painting in an excellent cafe we found for lunch one day:

We took the steam train to Corfe Castle on one of the days, which made for a great trip:

The castle itself was visible from various points in the town, and we very much enjoyed exploring it:

We had plenty of delicious food in between our wanderings:

We also find time to relax, which made a nice change from dashing about all over the place:

Overall, Swanage is a beautiful place, with plenty to see and do, and all very walkable:

It also had plenty of good photo opportunities...

We picked us some lovely souvenirs from our trip, which have found a good home amongst our other ornaments:

It was a great week. Always good to get away from London for a while. Good company, plenty of exercise, and lots of fun.