Wareham

This is a stretch of Wareham Walls, built by King Alfred to defend Wareham in Dorset from the Danes. To some extent they still suround the town: the walls not the Danes.
I think he must have had some help because, as Alfred The Great, he spent time in Rome, Ireland, Wantage, and Pewsey where John Beaty Pownall The Great now lives and where there stands a statue of Alfred. Much of the time he was waging battles and, as everyone knows, he was in Somerset at one time burning cakes: Alfred that is, not John.





Wareham is quite a pleasant and interesting town.
Here is the river cruise boat arriving from Pooole this morning, packed with people who are quite easily segregated according to the ticket office.
You will have to click on the picture to enlarge it to read the fare list.

Wareham Quay is an important embarcation and wining and dining hub. On late summer days like today, with the kids back in school, the OAP's, Old Sops and Wrinkleys tend to have the place to themselves more or less.

Just off the quay is this lovely old church where even the weather vane demonstrates the size of fish caught hereabouts!

Nearby, an unusual cemetery, part of which is given over to the War Graves Commission containing 49 First World War burials and 15 from the Second World War, 5 being unidentified. There are also 12 German graves.

They are still remembered, in some cases 100 years on, in a beautifully maintained setting.