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As early as 1669 Sir John Clayton was granted a patent to erect a lighthouse on Portland Bill, Dorset, England to warn seafarers of the perilous currents that converge around ‘the Bill’, but his scheme fell through.
As dusk approaches the lighthouse at Portland Bill, Dorset in England, the little details of the surrounding area start to emerge. The fishing dinghys securely tied down as security from some of the sudden storms that can hit ‘the Bill’….
On the isle of Portland in Dorset, England, the tip of the isle ‘Portland Bill’ and nearby Chesil Beach are the graveyards of many vessels that failed to reach Weymouth or Portland Roads.
Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature at the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The artificial stack of rock was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at the Bill Quarry on the famous headland, Portland Bill.
Part way along Dorset’s 95-mile-long World Heritage ‘Jurassic Coast’ we reach West Bay that nestles under these magnificent 500-foot-high cliffs that glow orange in the lowering sun.
Travelling further west along Dorset’s Jurassic coast the road rises to the ‘Golden Cap’ at 191 metres (627 ft) above sea level. Stopping for a moment and looking back east along the coast we can see the semi-isle of Portland on the horizon.
Heading west along the Jurassic coast road from Weymouth, Dorset, the road rises steeply up the hill which rises above the Tropical Gardens at Abbotsbury. Stopping for a moment to look back, there is a breathtaking view that encompasses much of Lyme Bay.
The tip of the isle of Portland in Dorset, England, is called ‘Portland Bill’ and it is a place that I often visit as it displays dramatic visual day-by-day changes as the weather fronts surge in from the Atlantic.
As early as 1669 Sir John Clayton was granted a patent to erect a lighthouse on Portland Bill, Dorset, England to warn seafarers of the perilous currents that converge around ‘the Bill’, but his scheme fell through.
As dusk approaches the lighthouse at Portland Bill, Dorset in England, the little details of the surrounding area start to emerge. The fishing dinghys securely tied down as security from some of the sudden storms that can hit ‘the Bill’….
On the isle of Portland in Dorset, England, the tip of the isle ‘Portland Bill’ and nearby Chesil Beach are the graveyards of many vessels that failed to reach Weymouth or Portland Roads.
Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature at the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The artificial stack of rock was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at the Bill Quarry on the famous headland, Portland Bill.
Part way along Dorset’s 95-mile-long World Heritage ‘Jurassic Coast’ we reach West Bay that nestles under these magnificent 500-foot-high cliffs that glow orange in the lowering sun.
Travelling further west along Dorset’s Jurassic coast the road rises to the ‘Golden Cap’ at 191 metres (627 ft) above sea level. Stopping for a moment and looking back east along the coast we can see the semi-isle of Portland on the horizon.
Heading west along the Jurassic coast road from Weymouth, Dorset, the road rises steeply up the hill which rises above the Tropical Gardens at Abbotsbury. Stopping for a moment to look back, there is a breathtaking view that encompasses much of Lyme Bay.
The tip of the isle of Portland in Dorset, England, is called ‘Portland Bill’ and it is a place that I often visit as it displays dramatic visual day-by-day changes as the weather fronts surge in from the Atlantic.