The sun does shine!

For all those that have being sending me photos of sunny Sydney (thanks bro) you would not believe it but they actually do have one over here as well! Woke Sunday to a brisk clear morning. Luckily it was the morning I agreed to link up with a couple of people from work to go for a walk around Portland.

Portland is joined to the mainland by a narrow strip of land and the Chesil Beach. The mass of land that juts out into the channel is formed from a block of limestone 4.5 miles long by 1.75 miles wide. Little did I know that the plan was to walk around the entire point. 4 hours later my legs were wanting the closest pub but despite this it was lovely.

Portland has been inhabited since early times and traces of occupation have been dated back 7,000 years. The Romans knew it as ‘Vindilis’ and Thomas Hardy wrote about it as ‘The Isle of Slingers’ due to the fact that Portlanders used to throw stones to keep Kimberlins (strangers) away. Based on the people at work it still seams that the people from Portland dont associate with the mainlanders. Much like Tasmania there are stories of families being very 'close' to each other.

Portlans is most famous for the many quarries which dot the landscape and this is where Portland Stone comes from. St Paul’s Cathedral and some fifty other churches and other buildings were built with the famous white limestone.

A great day out.