Let's wave a very big goodbye to the nightmare that was 2016 (to be fair I'm not that angry with 2016, I DID get married which was a highlight)
2017 sees us as a family reflect on what we want from the next few years, we've been living in Dorset for nearly 3 years and with both kids now in almost full time education it's time to stop being permanently exhausted and broke and look at a strategy for thriving in the next twelve months.
After closing the doors of my shop and entering the job market for the first time in over seven years I realised just what everyone was warning us about when we said we were moving West, is is NOT like London at all, it really is a case of 'who you know' not what you can do, which has been a shock, but it's been a great lesson in a strange way.
For every ' your not what we're looking for' I've had to go home and look at ways to make money, short of ebaying the contents of my house, I've started an Etsy shop, trying my hand at content writing and I think I have a proper job starting (really don't want to tempt fate so will continue to try my hand at all my options just in case)
Seeing as money was thin on the ground we've found some really lovely days out that cost little or nothing at all. Here's a round up...(top three, I will do a full blog post at some point of the hundreds of things you can get up to in Dorset)
1. The Plaza cinema Dorchester
A beautiful art deco cinema showing all the latest movies all for roughly £3 or less! I know, it's insanely cheap, it took a good few visits to realise it wasn't a promotional price.
2. Thorncombe woods/Hardys cottage
In Dorchester you can't really escape Hardys heritage, there's a statue, a school and several roads named after the man, about 2 miles out of town is Thorncombe woods, it has several easy woodland walks and the occasional scout teepee or rope swing which my kids go mad for, there is also a lovely view of Hardys cottage and a tea room where you can grab a hot chocolate if you fancy, we've spent many Sunday day lunch times wandering around the woods trying to tire the kids out.
3. Burton Bradstock
This has to be my new favourite place in Dorset (sorry Lulworth cove you are off the top spot) Situated down the road from West Bay ~where they film Broadchurch~ you have dramatic cliffs, rolling waves and nice flat beaches to walk, if you want to splash out the and have lunch the Hive beach cafe serves the most amazing food, alternatively bring a picnic and enjoy the views.
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| Burton Bradstock post Christmas walk. |
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