Swanage

My friend M and I love a bit of nostalgia so when we saw our local coach company had a trip going to Swanage which included a journey on the

Swanage Railway steam train we booked it straight away. Our friend D joined us.

We arrived at Norden with time to spare

to look around the lovely little station 

            Station Master's office                               Buffet

before boarding the train to Swanage

The remains of Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle station

It was lunchtime when we arrived so our thoughts turned to

food - fish and chips in particular!

We chose a restaurant with an upstairs overlooking the harbour. However the prices for the privilege of a sea view were much higher than those for sitting downstairs - upstairs a piece of haddock was £13, downstairs I got haddock, chips, a can of coke and two sachets of condiments for the same price! It was very good.

After lunch we meandered around the town

In and out of a few shops before returning to

Swanage station.

For our train back to Norden

The coach we were assigned to didn't have tables so we moved here. We had taken scones, cream and jam for a cream tea on the way back. D bought a flask of hot water and teabags. Once again I forgot to take photos before we tucked in!

It was a long day but a very enjoyable one, and the weather was glorious.

∼ Be safe and well∼ 

Polly x