Dr Beach Discovers Two Iconic Dorset Beaches
Going to beach again anywhere in the world will never be the same again for me. Having spent the weekend with Dr Beach I now view coastal sojourns in a new light. Not that I will assess each beach with…
Artemis Ferry For Gold Medal Return To Weymouth?
Could a former triple Olympic medal winner sailor be the key person to help bring back a passenger ferry service to Weymouth? A sailor who won two golds and one silver during his career. He was for years based in…
Golden Horizon The Largest Square Rigged Ship…Latest
The largest square rigged sailing vessel in the world the Golden Horizon has just headed to the UK. Arriving at Weymouth in Dorset almost a replica of a famous 1913 sailing ship. This one is capable of carrying around 272 …
Cruise Ship Safety Warning Issued Over Anchoring
A cruise ship safety warning has been posted to passenger ships anchoring around the UK coast. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has issued a safety bulletin. After being concerned by multiple failures of anchoring during the recent pandemic. Places like…
Jurassic Coastal Cruises Starting After Covid-19
Passenger cruising along the UK's Jurassic coast is getting ready to start again in Dorset after a year of various Covid-19 restrictions. The Coastline Cruises team who operate trips from Weymouth Harbour have just relaunched their two boats for the…
This Dorset Maiden Will Bowl You Over
Being one of the largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts in Britain this maiden will bowl you over. Maiden Castle, encompassed by numerous deep ditches and high ramparts that are still nearly as impressive as when they were built, …
3 Cunard Queen Ships Together Off Dorset
Witness a rare event of the 3 Cunard Queen cruise ships collectively anchored off the Dorset coast. Although during the latest Covid-19 lock down in the UK it will not be that easy. However, with the 3 ships in Weymouth…
Covid-19 Cruise Ships Have End In Sight
It still feels like it will be a long time before the cruise industry will ever get going again after Covid-19. And here in Weymouth Bay some of the ships are not expecting to cruise again until March or April.…
Weymouth Tramway…A Flaming End To It
The UK’s remaining mainline train track running along a British road is being torn up. Weymouth Tramway which once carried passengers and freight to Weymouth Port for Jersey and Guernsey is now being removed. Work teams have now severed the…
Cunard’s Queen Victoria Crew Get Jurassic Cruise
Cunard’s Queen Victoria treated just her crew to a Dorset Jurassic coast cruise. With the Covid-19 lockdown for cruise ships still in place in the UK the giant trans-Atlantic liner had to make do with just a very brief channel…
