We stopped here for an hour between Salisbury (base for Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral) and Cornwall. I’d have liked to spend longer. The sun was sparkling on the water, and people were swimming and pottering around the rocks. We walked along the wall and around the old buildings. A quiet place, I found it infinitely preferable to Brighton.
Persuasion is my favourite Jane Austen novel, and I take comfort in the knowledge that I am not alone in confusing fiction with reality. Apparently when the poet, Lord Alfred Tennyson was shown historical sites of Lyme Regis by his friends, he replied, “Don’t talk to me of the Duke of Monmouth; show me the exact spot where Louisa Musgrove fell.”
Derek and I compared theories on this but it’s hard to know. The wall has probably changed in 200 years.