After we had been to Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, we went for a walk across the fields, through a sea of reeds with narrow pathways, until we got to Chesil Bank. It is a narrow spit of shingle that stretches 8 miles, beloved of geographers for its unusual nature. This boathouse was perfect and solitary, reflected in the waters of the Fleet, which separates the shingle ceosol from the mainland. It is not far from Moonfleet ("Mohune on the Fleet"), made famous by the children's story of smugglers and contraband hidden in graves. |
