Dennis wanted to visit the Jurassic Coast in Dorset County to explore the beaches and hunt fossils. Since it was a bank holiday weekend, most accommodations in Lyme Regis were unavailable, but we managed to snag a room at the Westley B&B in Upland, a town just 1.5 miles from Lyme Regis. The B&B is on the bus route and there is a graveled path that runs from it into Lyme Regis— ideal for backpackers.
On our first full day in town, it rained and was windy. We visited the harbor and the iconic “Cobb,” the internationally famous stone-built breakwater and jetty. We spent a few hours in the Lyme Regis Museum learning about the town’s history, the fossils, and Mary Anning, the paleontologist known internationally for her discoveries in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs at Lyme Regis. Since the tides did not favor fossil hunting, we did laundry and he got a beard trimming.
