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ノスタルジーに浸る旅に出発！シリングストーン駅は、ドーセットの田園地帯にひっそりと佇む、美しく保存された1950年代のタイムカプセルのようです。かつては伝説的なサマセット＆ドーセット合同鉄道（通称「スロー・アンド・ダーティ」）の重要な駅でしたが、現在は献身的なボランティアチームによって愛情を込めて修復されています。オリジナルのプラットフォームを散策したり、ヴィンテージの信号扱所を探検したり、改造された鉄道車両でお茶を飲むこともできます。ノース・ドーセット・トレイルウェイのハイカーが通り過ぎる中、映画「逢びき」のエキストラになった気分を味わうのに最適な場所です。今日はバース行きの列車はありませんが、雰囲気はまさに最高です！

Most people who pass by such a war memorial commemorating the victims will not have experienced the horrors of war firsthand. A dialogue invented by the writer Paul Harding might help. It is from a medieval detective novel, and the following exchange takes place: "Tell me, brother, when you went to war in France with your little brother, were you happy?" Athelstan felt his heart leap. "Of course." He smiled thinly. "I was young then. My blood was boiling, and I longed for great adventures." "And when you found your brother dead and cold as ice on the battlefield and returned to England... what was there?" Athelstan looked out into the courtyard; it was slowly getting dark. "In the Gospel, Sir John, Christ says that at the end of the world, the heavens will shake, and the planets will fall to earth in blazing fire." Athelstan closed his eyes. He felt Francis's spirit very clearly. "When I found my brother dead in the field," he continued, "it was like heaven falling to earth for me." (Source: "The House of the Red Butcher" by Paul Harding)

Durweston Mill is a Grade II listed building, that has been converted into a holiday accommodation with two apartments, Coopers and Riverside, overlooking the River Stour. It also features a separate 5-acre private island with glamping and camping facilities, which are open for bookings and offer activities like fishing, wild swimming, and dog walking.

Only opens from Weds to Sunday

Perfect views when the sun is out.

Melbury beacon is one of the highest points in north Dorset and the views are amazing I would recommend parking on spread eagle hill if you plan to hike x

Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to times long past. Thanks to such a construction, a watercourse - natural or artificial - could simply replace human or animal muscle power with the power of the natural elements, for example to grind grain into corn or to press oil from fruit. There are essentially two different ways of driving watermills: * Either the flowing water simply hits the blades of the water wheel from below to set it in motion; or * the water is guided - usually through a so-called "mill channel" - above the wheel and falls onto the blades; this type of construction is more efficient due to natural gravity.

This is the site of Tarrant Rushton RAF during the Second World War. Gliders would take off the evening before D day and the first boots on the ground were from said gliders. The destination was Pegasus bridge in France 🇫🇷.