The Dipples on holiday!

We decided to have a really cheap holiday this summer...a week in a holiday let in Dorset (our house!!!) Luckily for us we live in a county that people choose to spend their holiday so there is loads to do. Toby and I sat up one evening and planned all the day trips we wanted to do (mostly free) and I prepared our holiday let with clean sheets and towels! Here's a colletion of photos from our hols. How lucky were we with the weather- blue skies and between 21 and 28 degrees c all week! The day after our holiday the temperature plummeted to 17 degrees and it rained all day.

We took the backpack and dog and hiked on Portland. Here we are enjoying the views across Weymouth and the Jurrasic coastline (apart from Alice!)
An exhausted dog crashes out on the lounge floor.
We headed to Bridport and the nearby seaside places of West bay and Burton Bradstock. It was great visiting old haunts, full of lovely memories. Toby proposed to me under the cliffs in this photo.

Hollie and Jay joined us for a lovely day at Upton country park. It was hot hot hot so after looking at the flowers we headed to some shade for a tasty picnic. Alice went off exploring! and thought the many ducklings on the pond were fab.

Do I have food round my mouth?

Happy Birthday mummy...As a special treat for my birthday and, because we love it there, we headed for the pretty seaside town of Swanage. Another picnic and paddle in the sea. Afterwards we headed to chococo, a delightful shop and cafe selling handmade chocolates and serving the best deserts around. Highly recommended!!

Are you smiling Alice?

All too much for little one

On our final day we headed to Cerne Abbas and the famous 'Giant' on the hill. With Alice in the backpack we decided to climb the very steep hill to the top of the giant. It was worth it, the views of the Dorset downs were amazing .

Lovely tea and cake in the tearoom gardens- Otto enjoyed his stick!