Dorset, Enid Blyton’s country

Do you know that Enid Blyton’s stories are based on real life from her experience when visit Dorset? Famous Five Have Plenty of Fun tells about Faynight Castle in Kirrin Island. Faynight Castle, a ruined castle because of war, is based on Corfe Castle. Andi felt the famous five experience when taking steam train travel from Swanage to Corfe Castle yesterday. Andi also bought some Enid Blyton’s book in Ginger Pop Store, while he had read the indonesian translation in his early age, for gift.

Swanage has beautiful sites to be visit, it’s white sand beach, and many seagulls you can find more than in Bournemouth. It’s Old Hary Rocks in the edge of it’s Jurassic Coast is a natural monument. Also the Corfe Castle Village, which has a nice ruined mysterious castle. Didn’t find any mosque in swanage, andi took his prayer in the garden near station.

Going back to Bournemouth just as simple as go to Swanage. A return trip ticket of Dorset Belles from Dorsetcruise bring you v.v. Bournemouth Pier – Swanage Pier.

 

day out bournemouth

this morning jogged along the sandbanks to pier to garden of the town center. andi checked out for his last day in bournemouth. but he planned to take some tour to swanage by cruise and corfe castle by steam train and feel Enid Blyton’s experience. in the afternoon will be back to hotel to take his luggage and be picked up in hotel then run the wheels to london. wisma merdeka, where andi stay in london. andi will report his day out tour later.

whole day work

Morning walk to the beach along the sandbanks to bournemouth pier. watch the seagulls for their breakfast. and picked up at 9 straight to the factory. what awhole day work, witness for hydrostatic test of heat exchanger for North Belut Project, Natuna.

Taken after hour to Pak Hari’s house on St Anthony road. Talk many things until isya, and he and his wife drive me to the hotel.

long night flight

continuing andi’s previous post he catch up the gate just before closing. only 40 minutes in changi you can’t do many thing. even can’t andi use the invitation of silver kriss lounge. the flight took about 15 hours from singapore to london heathrow. was a very long night flight.

andi arrived at heathrow early in the morning, so the terminal was not so busy. on the exit gate andi was picked up by taxi straight to bournemouth. after clean up, andi take a walk around the town centre.

meet an indonesian lady named ibu Haryati, she is the wife of an indonesian employee who works for BP. she took andi walk around the city, to the sandbank of bournemouth, and walk on pedestrian on commercial road. andi remember malioboro in jogja. walk on the garden.

andi also came to bournemouth islamic centre and central mosque located on st stephens road. not far from commercial road. after all day, andi wishes to have a pleasant rest tonight.