Day One

We are in a beautiful place! The Isle of Portland is more like a peninsula, jutting out into the English Channel and connected to the mainland by a narrow pebble strand called Chesil Beach. Portland rises more than three hundred feet above sea level and is home to several limestone quarries. Our hotel sits on the island's highest point and offers panoramic views up and down the coast, back up the causeway, and across the patchwork mainland. Today was sunny, and the views spectacular! We have already been for a walk along the Coast Path and watched a lovely sunset from the dining room of our hotel. Time now for some overdue sleep and dreams of my first full English breakfast!