Spring has truly sprung and the Studland Peninsular is covered in a profusion of yellow gorse as far as my eye can see. The warmth of the hazy sunshine helps to release its natural vanilla and coconut fragrance – heavenly.
The National Trust cafe is overflowing with visitors – and its not Easter yet.
It’s doesn’t take me long to find quietness. I follow the sandy trails and wind my way through the dunes and dry heather to the view point and look across the bay to Old Harry rocks , gleaming white against a silver blue sea.
The sky was grey and for most of the afternoon the sun didn’t shine but as always this tranquil area of nature – a sanctuary for wading birds – gives me time to walk slowly and just look. Lodmore is slightly off the beaten track and almost hidden from the Weymouth esplanade but it’s a very special and rare place to find so close to shops, houses and traffic.
At the end of my walk I caught a glimpse of sunlight reflected in the water channels and pools and it was beautiful.