The wet Hoof (part two) down in Dismal Dorset, up and out, into the great squelch (I don`t mind I nice squelch!) so wet, rain is heavy and constant. Togged up proper this dark morn, got my fishing attire on, from head to foot. I don`t have anything to report that I haven't told you about before, so ...

Pouring down with rain, but I don't care! Off out at the usual time, just decided to keep to the better lit areas, might as well get used to it, the weather forecast ahead is for much the same, flooding is predicted. But hey this is Dorset! People were everywhere, walking to work, getting the hounds...

The Upwey Hoof, took a Hoof to Upwey Station Yesterday, this is the nearest rail link to the village, and goes through some interesting countryside, The Mighty Chalbury Hillfort, for one, the first of the Bronze age Hillforts to be built in Dorzett. The Ramparts are fairly slight now, but the strong...

The Up The Works Hoof!! I was right up the works early this mornin` and I loved it! The Waterworks that is! There is a fine cluster of Victorian buildings, just where the village gives way to the fields that lead to the back edge, this is the water works, run by Wessex Water, which takes water from ...

As a reformed boozer, I still find old defunct pubs interesting, for all sorts of reasons, their position in the community for one, the little clues, which give away the past, like a hatch door at ground level to give the draymen access to the cellar. In the village I have identified three such buil...

Eventually got out and hoofed, there is a lot of ground water everywhere, the tiny River Jordan is doing a good impersonation of the Thames, running heavy and brown also a tad over the banks in some parts, no domestic flooding yet, thank god, the million pound flood prevention scheme at Fisherbridge...

The Lights On Hoof. Up early and out on a mild dry morning. Took a turn at the western fringe of the Parish, over the river bridge, and down a narrow footpath, to a road where the donkeys live, yes it`s the Weymouth Beach Donkeys, and they live in the village, there was no sign of them this morning,...