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Welcome to Dorset Photos.
Below you will find the most recent additions to this site. All of our images are available in larger versions including the main wallpaper sizes of 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. This site is updated often so please check back soon.
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Title: Lush Green at Blandford Forum
Place: Blandford Forum
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About: As pretty as this picture looks it used to hide a very nasty menace known as 'The Blandford Fly' a biting insect which caused several fatalities in the past. In more recent years the weed beds in the river have been sprayed to stop it breeding
Photograph Added: 2nd May 2008
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Title: Reflected Tree
Place: Blandford Forum
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About: The still water of the river at Blandford Forum perfectly reflects the trees that line the banks. Blandford Forum is located between Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs in the Blackmore Vale fifteen miles northwest of Poole and twentytwo miles sout......
Photograph Added: 2nd May 2008
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Title: Marker Post at the Ford
Place: Tarrant Monkton
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About: This marker post shows the depth of water at the ford at Tarrant Monkton. It would not be a good idea to try and drive through if the water was up to the top of the marker.
Photograph Added: 2nd May 2008
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Title: The Langton Arms
Place: Tarrant Monkton
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About: The Langton Arms is an attractive 17th century thatched Inn in the village of Tarrant Monkton. It is a free house and offers a selection of drinks, including an ever-changing supply of real ales. The Inn serves a wide variety of interesting homema......
Photograph Added: 2nd May 2008
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Title: Before the Ducks Came
Place: Little Bredy
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About: When we arrived at Bridehead Lake there was no sign of its duck occupants. As shown in another of our photographs it did not take long for them to spot us and come hurrying along hopeful of a titbit or two.
Photograph Added: 2nd May 2008
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Title: Bridehead Lake
Place: Little Bredy
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About: As soon as we arrived at Bridehead Lake the ducks came swimming towards us ever hopeful that we had bread or something to feed them with. Next time we go to Little Bredy we will make sure we don't disappoint the ducks again.
Photograph Added: 2nd May 2008
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About Dorset.
Dorset lies in the South West Region of England and at its extreme points it measures 50 miles (80 km) from east to west and 40 miles (64 km) north to south, and has an area of 1,024 square miles (2,653 square kilometres). Demographically Dorset is one of the less populated counties in the United Kingdom, with only approximately 390,000 inhabitants but it has stunning scenery, diverse attractions and picturesque villages for all to enjoy.
Famous for its Jurassic coastline, Dorset has now been given World Heritage status and visitors have a wealth of interesting things to do, including fossil hunting, going to the beaches, exploring the castles and visiting the places made famous by Thomas Hardy. Dorchester is easily recognised as Casterbridge whereas Budmouth was the name that Hardy used for the port of Weymouth and Melstock referred to in "Under the Greenwood Tree" is actually Lower Bockampton where Thomas Hardy went to school. The cottage where Hardy was born is to be found in Higher Bockhampton and in his books Hardy calls this place Egdon Health.
Please take care when fossil hunting as the cliffs are subject to rock falls and it is important to be aware of the tides to avoid getting cut off.
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