Lulworth Cove

Lulworth was a fishing village and also staff houses for those who worked at the Castle, that is long gone in the past and now it is a fairly well to do area with houses on the higher priced side. The cove is beautiful and the views from the hill quite brilliant. 

We all piled into the Zafira at about 12:30, Michael and Kate had gone on ahead. 

Destination, Lulworth Cove. Michael phoned us from the Castle Inn, on of the oldest pubs in Dorset. This pub was already serving pints in the early 16th century. Today nothing had changed, quite full and also were very precious about their car park. Even though we had eaten there we were told we cannot park there. We drove down to the village carpark and walked into the village.

Lulworth has quite an interesting history. 

From the late seventeenth to the mid nineteenth century smugglers used Lulworth Cove and other bays and beaches nearby. The building of coastguard cottages, which housed the customs officers still stand above the cove. Lulworth at one point had a mill, powered by water from a nearby spring. It was burnt down during the 19th century and all that remains of its existence is the millpond.

With Alex and Claudia in tow we made our way to the ice cream shop after walking around the cove, rolling down the hill and looking over the death defying cliff to the sea below. Michael did roll over Kate's head and Jenson joined in the fun, he never lets a good game go to waste. It was busy and a Bank holiday weekend but we had fun. 

I did leave a bad review on the Castle Inn website and Facebook, Trip Advisor, Booking.com and Visitapub.com. No use wasting a good grumble when it is available.