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What are we doing in the winter at the seaside?
A host of things that are easier to get at when summer visitors are yet to make up their minds where to holiday.

If you like walking or simply looking, what about this?
High up in the Purbeck Hills looking north towards Poole with much of this land all yours courtesy of The National trust.

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Or, if you fancy something more energetic, a step away with this view from the clubhouse lies The Isle of Purbeck Golf Club, open to the public to play or just wine and dine.







To be fair the ground is never flat, but you can hire a buggy and you couldn't get a much more picturesque ride than this.





If you prefer a golf course with fewer but possibly more frightening obstacles, you could always move on down the hill to Swanage and try this.






And, you have to go no further than next door for the main Swanage mode of refreshment while the others amuse themselves in London!















And then take two steps across the road to a gloriously sandy beach like this, with part of the cliffs of the Jurassic coastline beyond. If you are really fit you can walk along the footpath that extends right along the coast.







Surrounded by glorious Dorset countryside, Swanage is one of those lovely old-fashioned seaside resorts where it is still possible to discover the type of shops you thought had disappeared years ago.



Just look at this selection of "take home a souvenir for Grandma" treasure which fills this shop window and makes the day a more colourful and brighter place.

And if it is a souvenir to remind you what a great time you spent here, you can always have your picture taken with one of the locals!