Some photos from a great paddle and day out along the coast in Dorset with Mike, Caroline and Geoff. 15 miles from Wareham, through Poole Harbour and along the coast past the very impressive Old Harry Rocks.
According to Wiki legend says that the Devil (traditionally known euphemistically as “Old Harry”) had a sleep on the rocks, another says that the rocks were named after Harry Paye, the infamous Poole pirate, who stored his contraband nearby.
Old Harry is the large chalk stack, the smaller stack being his wife (or latest at any rate). As the coast erodes poor Old Harry sometimes loses his wife and has to wait for a new one to be carved from the cliffs by erosion.
Why is it that when rounding the last headland, what looks like a 10 minute paddle always turns into a 45 minute slog against a strong headwind? Answers on a postcard please.
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- Round Britain Trio try to look the part opposite the SBS base in Poole
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- Old Harry Rocks
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- Caroline poses at the feet of Old Harry
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- Ebb tide takes Caroline out to sea!
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- Those three again!
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- Andy practices his comb over….
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- Where did I put my sunnies?
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