The beginning and end of the day are for me the best times to be down by the sea, when the day trippers have returned home and only the residents remain -some of which included the feathered variety......
Most of the fishing boats are safely back in harbour.....
The buildings around the harbour area are all very different in style. My favourites include the old thatch cottages and the arts and craft style of the Pier terrace which was designed by Edward Schroeder Prior (see below.) The Pier Terrace was originally built to attract the tourists to a new resort. West Bay in the early 20th century didn't become as popular holiday destination as they hoped.
On the opposite side of the harbour the buildings and architecture are more modern...
There are also buildings that were used for the port trade and have now been recycled. This warehouse is now an art gallery and cafe......
Or the more classical style of this building and the 19th century church
the top of which is a popular look out point!
But the star of the show always has to be the natural landscape......
These seed heads look so beautiful at this time of year!
There are signs of spring appearing all around. Walking on the Ridgeway yesterday, we noticed the pattern of the falling blossom in the garden on this old manor house which is now a Nursing home for the Elderly.
The lambs in the field are frisky and full of curiousity.
Tennis was originally only played inside, the long building below is a real tennis court it was built in 1885 and was one of many similar buildings built throughout the country. Lawn tennis became more popular and many of these buildings fell into disrepair. It is good to see this one has been restored and is still be used for the purpose that was intended.
The blossom is slowly appearing on the trees....
and the leaves on the beech tree are just emerging.
Over the weekend we were shocked to hear about the massive earthquake that has caused such a huge loss of life in Nepal. Our daughter visited Nepal five years ago and helped in projects to improve schooling and also viewed the water projects to provide easy access to water in the mountain villages. It is this same area unfortunately that was the epicentre of the earthquake. We hope that these small remote communities far away from the main cities will receive urgent assistance as soon as possible.
Nepal
Update on Nepal - as the news has worsened over the past few days, with the death toll rising and the weather not helping the situation we were relieved to hear that the village that my daughter visited only had one building damaged, they seem to be have been more fortunate than others.
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