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Christmas Day Charmouth Charity Swim

At Charmouth beach, just a few miles along the coast from Flintstones Cottage in Seaton,

there was a Christmas Day Swim with a difference! Dozens of brave swimmers, all dressed in fancy dress costumes, plunged into the sea to raise cash for the RNLI.

Hundreds of spectators cheered the swimmers on and generously donated cash for the RNLI. Volunteer lifeboat crews from Lyme Regis,all wearing Santa hats, were on duty to make sure all the swimmers were safe in the chilly water and more than £1,600 was raised. We hope they had a nice warm fireplace to sit next to when they get out!

Drive to Charmouth Beach

The weather was fine and calm on Tuesday, even some sunshine! Drove the few miles to Charmouth on the famous Jurassic Coast as there was a good chance that lots of fossils would have been washed out of the cliffs after the winter storms.

Yes, after walking along the beach for a few hundred metres and scraping amongst some of the shingle and small pieces of stone, if you looked carefully, there were quite a lot of small ammonites, well worth collecting! Only a few people on the beach today, walking their dogs, not like in January when dozens came to the beach after a fossil of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur was found said to be worth £15,000 !

Drove back into Lyme Regis and looked at the view of the famous Cobb Harbour, then found a new coffee shop/tearoom had recently opened in the High Street, so went inside for a cream tea. Honestly the scones were the best that I have ever tasted…and they were freshly baked and still warm from the oven!