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Το Cerne Abbey Abbot's Porch είναι ένα εκπληκτικό, τριώροφο απομεινάρι της ιστορίας που χρησιμεύει ως μια μεγαλοπρεπής υπενθύμιση της παλιάς δόξας του αβαείου. Είναι το είδος του μέρους όπου μπορείτε απλά να καθίσετε και να θαυμάσετε την περίτεχνη πέτρινη δουλειά και το εμβληματικό διώροφο παράθυρο-όρκο. Αισθάνεται υπέροχα γαλήνιο, κρυμμένο στο τέλος της Abbey Street. Δεδομένου ότι είναι ένα από τα λίγα κομμάτια του μοναστηριού του 15ου αιώνα που στέκονται ακόμα, έχει μια πολύ γειωμένη, ήσυχη παρουσία. Είναι ιδανικό για μια αργή περιπλάνηση όταν θέλετε να απορροφήσετε τη μεσαιωνική ατμόσφαιρα χωρίς καμία βιασύνη.

Επιβλητικό πάνω από το χωριό βρίσκεται το πιο "καλο-προικισμένο" ορόσημο της Βρετανίας, ένας γίγαντας από κιμωλία ύψους 180 ποδιών που προφανώς ξέχασε το παντελόνι του — και τη σεμνότητά του. Σκαλισμένος στην πλαγιά με ένα τεράστιο ρόπαλο και ένα ακόμη πιο τεράστιο... εγώ, έχει κάνει τους πεζοπόρους να κοκκινίζουν εδώ και αιώνες. Ο θρύλος λέει ότι ο ύπνος στο "ανδρικό του όργανο" αυξάνει τη γονιμότητα, αλλά οι περισσότεροι άνθρωποι αρκούνται σε μια selfie που κόβει την ανάσα. Είναι αρχαίος, είναι αναιδής, και είναι σίγουρα η μόνη πλαγιά που είναι πραγματικά χαρούμενη που σας βλέπει.

notable for being one of the first planned settlements in England. In the 1770s, the owner of Milton Abbey, Joseph Damer (later Lord Milton and Earl of Dorchester), decided the original village of Middleton was spoiling his view and commissioned architect Sir William Chambers and landscape gardener Capability Brown to design a new village in a nearby wooded valley. The old village was demolished, and most of its residents were relocated to this new model village, now known as Milton Abbas. The village is characterized by its single, sinuous main street lined with 36 almost identical whitewashed and thatched cottages. These were originally designed to house two families each.

Only opens from Weds to Sunday

The view of giant is best from the opposite hill. When I took my photo the chalk was very dull so viewing wasn’t brilliant but I know they restore him every now and again so he should be bright again.The climb up past the giant is very steep so if hiking poles would be a great addition and grippy footwear 👟

What a beautiful place to ride a bike! Nothing too demanding along this route. A mixture of cyclists, dog walkers, hikers and pushchair parents. highly recommend this route.

Shillingstone railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR), serving the village of Shillingstone in the English county of Dorset. Shillingstone is the last surviving example of a station built by the Dorset Central Railway (one of the forerunners of the S&DJR). The station closed in 1966, when services were withdrawn from the S&DJR route. Since 2001, enthusiasts have been working to re-open the station as a heritage railway attraction.[1] The main building has now been renovated, and opened to the public as a museum, shop and refreshment room in 2008.[ The station was opened on 31 August 1863 by the Somerset and Dorset Railway, although planned and designed by one of its two predecessors, the Dorset Central Railway. Initial train services were provided by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). In 1875, the Midland Railway and the LSWR together took over a joint lease of the line, forming the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

This provides a perfect viewpoint from which to observe the large hill figure of the Cerne Giant. It's at just the right distance, not too far, to see the figure in its entirety.