Corfe Castle

Friday the 11th Andy took me on another walk in Dorset. The weather was stunning, again! We parked at a pub in a tiny village where there was nothing but a church, built in the 1100s, a few cottages, and lots and lots of people with their border collies and spaniels going on the coastal walk!!!! SOOOOO JEALOUS! We started off with the intentions of walking all the way to Corfe Castle!! HA HA yeah right! It is a 19k walk! Not sure quite how many miles that is, but it is a lot! I started off very optimistic ready to do it thinking "I did the other 'walk' I can do this one!" Well five miles into it and not even close to Corfe and many many more hills or as I call them mountains, we decided we better turn around and drive to Corfe. Good thing we did since Corfe Castle would have been closed by the time we got there and then dark by the time we got back! Not to mention Andy would probably have to carry me back!

At Old Henry

Inside the Church

Breaking to eat Subway

Pulling up to Corfe Castle was astonishing! As you drive up to it you come around a corner, on a "two" lane country road, only big enough for one car, come to a stop sign and there it is: the old ruins of Corfe Castle sitting on top of this huge hill. It was stunning! When we got inside and walked around it was just mind boggling the history in this place. The castle is 1000 years old and lived in by numerous kings through decades of change and history. The more time you spent looking around the more you just couldn't comprehend all this castle has seen!

Once we were up in the top of the castle ruins in the keep (the main living quarters of the castle holding the banquet halls, king's living area, dungeon and the most protected area of the castle) we looked down at the village of Corfe. We walked around Corfe, which only takes a few minutes because it is so small, looked at the few houses, restaurants and many tea rooms! We had planed to have a cream afternoon tea (still not quite sure what the cream part means) but as we passed a pub I saw a Pimm's signs and thought "hmmm Pimm's I have heard this is good!!" So we ditched the boring tea and went for my first Pimm's! It was delish!! It is made up of Pimm's liquor, or it might be a liqueur, soda water, and tons and tons of fruit! I had strawberries, cucumbers, lemons, and cherries in mine. I think I drank it all in a matter of seconds! It was very very very tasty!

Entrance to Corfe

The Keep and it's King

   

Corfe Village

Mr. Muscles!