Worth Matravers Travel Guide

 iandsmith Says:  We had fun ogling the different types of vegetable matter there and looking around in general but there's more inside, and again I thank Ant Veal's site:"I go there for the unique atmosphere of the place. There's no bar as such, merely two hatches in the corridor and beer is... 

 iandsmith Says:  Actually it's the Square and Compass with purported links to smuggling and it sits atop the rise overlooking the town surrounded by what can only be described as an eclectic mix of bric-a-brac.I wished that it had been open when I was there. Though it's only small, it sure... 

 iandsmith Says:  Then there was the church. Yet another that reeked of mediaeval history and had a graveyard to boot.It's called St Nicholas of Myra and stands close to the centre of the stone-built village and is one of the oldest in Dorset. With a Saxon door blocked up in the 12th century... 

 iandsmith Says:  How good was this. As I watched the ducks noncholantly waddle down their green, a cat kept an eye on them. Not for purposes of attack, just out of curiousity. He's the one on the left. It's the way things are in Worth Matravers. 

 iandsmith Says:  Right in the middle of the village is a large circular area. It contains a duck pond at the top, a duck walking area in the middle and a cute little garden at the bottom. The ducks are community property. It was such a wonderful feeling.Here Rosemarie checks out their "dog"... 

 iandsmith Says:  I couldn't believe it, here in this village they even had a somewhat optimistically named Town Hall, looking totally in character with the rest of the village. 

 iandsmith Says:  How aptly named and what a delight. Set on the hillside heading towards the inn this abode understandably caught my attention along with its appropriate title. 

 iandsmith Says:  It surprised me in retrospect. Here we were, looking at a lovely row of houses that, if they were placed in the Cotswolds, would draw people by the busload, as they do at Bibury.Yet we had the place to ourselves (well, there was a duck or two also) and it was all so... 

 iandsmith Says:  The place was so squeaky clean it felt like you were intruding on someone's new carpet and you should take your shoes off.It was like a movie set that had just been finished an hour ago and everyone had gone to lunch. It had Rosemarie and me in its grasp when we first drove... 

 iandsmith Says:  Now, mention villages to me and it conjures up images of working class housing, residents not over-endowed with wealth and a community spirit missing in the big cities. Imagine my shock when the first backyard I glanced into had this...............I mean, a real genuine...