Beautiful day
I think RichC and Ente will hopefully post some pics later.
I think it has come the time of year where the weather is sunny, and this of course brings out the slow 'Sunday Drivers', so progress was often held up, giving us a chance to enjoy the open topped cuise through the countryside, birdsong mixing with the throaty sounds of the flat 6.
Indeed I think the noise of the exhaust makes your passage seem speedier than it actually is - a couple of cyclists we carefully crept past waved their fist and told us to 'slow down'... we were only doing 30-35 on the 60 limited road.
So Ente and RichC met up with us in the ghost-town that is Poundbury, Prince Charles' new picture-postcard town that is the expansion of the Dorest town of Dorchester. Nice architecture, and very 'quaint', but very soul-less for some reason. The only active townsfolk were the pigeons that perched above our open cars and made us nervous. At least Ente carries leather cleaner.
Dorchester is famed for it's Thomas Hardy literary connection, but also linked to two other Thomas Hardy(e)s - one an industrialist, the other a naval officer. The naval officer had a tower built on top of a hill to celebrate his kiss with Admiral Nelson (Whose last words were alledgedly 'Kiss me Hardy'). There's a great view of Dorchester, the sea, and a row of three Boxsters from the top of the tower. We did hope it didn't start to rain while we were up-top.
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