Dorchester

We decided to go into Dorchester today, not really knowing what it would be like. A large point in its favour was that there is a park and ride on the outskirts. You can park all day for a pound which includes the bus fare to the centre of town. Bonus - the parking is beside a giant Tesco so we planned to pick up food for supper.

Dorchester was just great. It was a main Roman town and the first place we visited was a Roman house that has been excavated. This picture is of the mosaic floor in one of the rooms. We went to the town museum, a really great one. It had dinosaur stuff, prehistoric stuff, Roman stuff, literary stuff. And it turns out that Benjamin Ferrey, an architect Ferrey ancestor, was from Dorset and designed a lot of buildings in Dorcester. This was in Victorian times. After we left the museum to find a place for tea we  noticed the plaque on the church next door talked about BF.

We had lunch at a little restaurant in an old building run by a nice couple who chatted with us. Looked around town a bit (I bought new shoes!), then on the bus to Tesco and the car. 

All in all a good day. Sure is great to be able to keep track of the Badgers and their travels.