14th March 2015 is a significant day for us as it marks the 10th anniversary of our move into Norburton Hall and the start of our holiday accommodation business. Ten years on, it’s amazing to look back and acknowledge how life has changed. The greatest developments are associated with technology and the Internet. There are…
* Geodiversity: the variety of earth materials, forms and processes that constitute and shape the Earth, either the whole or a specific part of it. My interest in geology began at the age of six years old, as a consequence of my relationship with the land around me; the land of my ancestors. During the…
I got into geology at the age of 11 on Charmouth Beach – a walk by the seaside and the chance spot of a perfect iron pyrites ammonite fossil just lying in the sand and, well, that was it! The really nice thing about Charmouth is that some 40 years on, kids of my age…
The new exhibition “The Wonders of World Heritage” opened at Durlston last week and I hot footed it over there, with my husband and the kids, this weekend to check it out. The exhibition has been put together by my colleagues in the Jurassic Coast Team, most notably by the ever-inspirational Sam Scriven, and it…
When I first started this job back in the long, bright days of September, it seemed to contain a multitude of strands – our Ambassadors and Volunteers, Business Partners and Friends among others. Each needed its own thinking, planning and organising. What’s become abundantly clear over the last few weeks is how these different elements…
The Jurassic Coast Team is proudly launching a new travelling exhibition this month all about The Wonders of World Heritage. World Heritage Status is not something we have been able to delve into in great detail before but it is essential to understanding how the Jurassic Coast fits into the global family of World Heritage…
Martin Curtis is an Ambassador for the Jurassic Coast Trust, and runs an elite walking group based in Dorset. For this latest blog entry, Martin tells us about a recent walk he led in Purbeck. As a trainee Mountain Leader based in Dorset, given the lack of mountains in the area I’m naturally drawn to…
In our latest blog, author Tim Britton, tells us the story behind the making of A Mighty Tale, the film and the book. Read on as Tim gives us a fascinating insight into the creative process, all told in his own unique way…! If you haven’t already seen the film click here – you can also…
I spent last weekend showing two international visitors around the coast, and experienced the dramatic differences in perception wrought by a change in weather. Saturday was gloomy, rain-swept and fog-drenched. We started off at Lyme Regis, parking amidst a torrent of horizontal rain and ducking straight into the fabulous Aroma Cafe for some hot chocolate.…