A weekend away part 3.

I've been unwell for the last few days with a bad cold and haven't felt like doing much at all. Trying to sort out my photos for a post proved stressful so I left it until I felt slightly better. In the meantime I've been picking up my knitting and doing a few rows, having a short nap and repeat! Anyway let me tell you about the last day of our short break. 

We drove the short distance to Studland Bay.  This is yet another place we had both been meaning to visit for a long time. The day was perfect. The sun was shining and there was a gentle warm breeze. The sea was calm. Looking across to our right and out to sea this is what we saw as we headed down towards the beach.

We decided to walk just up from the beach and along a path that took us by the beach huts. Most of them were closed up but I like the different colours used. The bracken was changing colour but most of the trees still had green leaves rather than autumn colours.

We went down onto the beach for a while as the dunes were roped off. There could have potentially been ground nesting birds still with young. The tide was going out and there were quite a lot of people walking their dogs. The dogs were enjoying playing and swimming in the sea. Once past the roped off area of dunes we turned into them to continue our walk.

The gorse was giving a beautiful display and there was several different types of heather..

At times the gorse disappeared and left grass covering the sand.

There were several paths to choose from and so we meet very few people, which was lovely as we both enjoy the quiet.

At one point I saw something small move by my feet and further investigation showed it to be small sand lizard. Having become aware of them I saw many more. Sand lizards are one of the UK's rarest reptiles. 

We came off the dunes and continued along the beach until we  were almost at the entrance to Poole harbour. The beach was getting busy by this point and time was passing so we turned to walk back to our car. On the walk back we watched this large vessel making its way towards the harbour. As it got closer in it had a bevy of tug boats around it. 

The cafe back at the car park was very busy and so we decided to stop on route for a late lunch. The journey home was good with no hold ups and I finally managed to get a good picture of autumn leaves. This was at the service station on the M3 at Winchester where we stopped. Along the motorway the autumn hues were amazing but it proved difficult for John to get a good picture.

As I haven't been feeling at my best this week I haven't done very much sewing but I have managed to finish the front of my jumper. Just two sleeves left to knit. I'll start the first sleeve this evening. Tomorrow I'm hoping to get back to doing the quilting on the Thomas quilt and I'm still debating how to quilt the dinosaur quilt. I also need to get on with some Christmas sewing I have planned.  Tomorrow I have to take Twiglet for his regular grooming session, but apart from that I have some catch up time.

Take care

Lyndsey