A slow start today.  We wanted to ring Vera Gibbens to see if we could visit her as she has the same Martin ancestors as Jude and we didn’t want to ring before about 0930.  Jude spoke to Vera and arranged to meet her on Saturday mid-morning (both Vera and Jude were very excited about the meeting).

Having made that arrangement, we then booked accommodation for the rest of the holiday.

We then headed off to look for fossils at Ringstead, just east of Weymouth.  After heading down a little winding narrow lane we came to a few houses on the beach (pebble beach).  We wandered along the beach toward some cliffs, on the way we met an old guy (at least as old as us!) and had a long chat with him during which he gave us some tips on how to find the fossils.

A little later and a little further along the beach we actually found a fossil! 

We had a celebratory cup of tea and headed into Weymouth for a late lunch.  Found a little restaurant in a hotel where all the people seemed to be at least our age.  As we didn’t want a large lunch we decided to have the “All Day Breakfast”.  Mistake, it was huge.  Two eggs, two sausages, two large rashers of bacon, a big dollop of baked beans, mushrooms, tomato and a huge serving of chips!!

 Neither of us could finish it.

We then had a walk-through Weymouth and picked up some dinner and headed home about 1600.