10/21  drove to Dorchester and Sherbourne castle. Toured the inside- lots of slick furnishings including a clever chair that turned into a step ladder for retrieving books from the 9 foot high shelves. Then toured the gardens and 

lake with dogs in tow and ate picnic by lake in beautiful surroundings.  Then off to Winspit where we hiked out to a rock quarry, returning in dark-luckily Phil had intelligently brought his handy torch. Then to pub - Square and Compass, for drinks and pub food - pies " a pub quiche" and lemonade/coffee. Neat atmosphere and dogs all around (Spider and Harry). Another great day.

10/20.  Went by car and hiking to Durdle Door, a rock arch along the beach with waves crashing through it, then on to Lulorth -a lovely seaside area with a promontory called Bat's head. Accompanying  us were Basil and Bob (a greyhound mix) Then ice cream and off to Twynham (a village that was evacuated during the second world war and never lived in again), enjoying our picnic lunch before visiting the town- the schoolhouse has been well maintained looking much like it did 70 years ago. Then walked down to the beach cliff, hung around until sunset taking photos, back on the road to drop off Bob and walk to neighbors house for dinner with Mike and Rita and another dog named Archie. Had takeout Chinese (we're doing a lot of Chinese food), and Phil and Mike had lengthy and interesting discussion about Reiki. Lovely evening. 

10/19  Caught train from Moreton on Marsh to Weymouth.    Rick picked us up with his dog Basil The Wonder Dog (A wonder dog because: he spends most of his nights sleeping in the back of Rick's car parked out in front of the house, nothing bothers him, and I mean nothing, and he is an expert at energy conservation walking only when absolutely necessary) and took us along the seafront and to the supermarket where we stocked up on lots of goodies.  On to his very nice, close to the beach house where he prepared a delicious pasta/meat dish dinner.  Then we were entertained with a DVD of Dorset area and of his Pakistan trek.