Boats, bikes and beating Hitler

So, we've been very busy for the past few days in Dorset. Sadly the fabulous Swanage Regatta finished on Sunday but we enjoyed going to watch a display by a mountain bike display team. They were, frankly, bonkers and did mad tricks that had me wincing and my son in raptures.



They were really lovely and let all the kids have a go on their presumably extremely expensive bikes.



Yesterday we went on a boat trip from Swanage to Poole along the World Heritage site Jurassic Coast . The cliffs at Swanage are chalk and the youngest on the coast with the gorgeous stack and arch of Old Harry Rocks (sorry about the fingers at the top...)




Today we went to Portland Castle which was holding a special WW2 day for kids. My son got to learn rifle drill, made a gasmark, learnt about the Dunkirk evacuation and watched the least politically correct Punch and Judy show ever - Mr Punch versus Mr Hitler. It was hilarious, mind. I also found out information that I hadn't known: that Churchill had expected the Dunkirk evacuation to rescue at best 45,000 troops and in fact 338,000 were brought back. Worth the trip for that context alone.















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