There's a big old cemetery at Portland which is also worth a visit.
The Haynes museum is just full of car repair booksHow does that compare to the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu?
Portland, twinned with 1954.Portland is one of the strangest places I’ve ever visited.
Another idea is to go to Swanage and get the ferry over to Brownsea Island for some red squirrel spotting.
Another idea is to go to Swanage and get the ferry over to Brownsea Island for some red squirrel spotting.
If he's really keen, there is always Lulworth Range, where the army practices firing large guns. But they tend to close off access to tourists on those days.Many suggestions slightly off the OP's desire for something for a 15 year old with military interests.
The Haynes museum is just full of car repair books
That is exactly where I suggested - Tyneham Village is a ghost village slap bang in the middle of it that’s used for battle simulations.If he's really keen, there is always Lulworth Range, where the army practices firing large guns. But they tend to close off access to tourists on those days.
Schedule here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...-notice/lulworth-range-firing-times-june-2022
That is exactly where I suggested - Tyneham Village is a ghost village slap bang in the middle of it that’s used for battle simulations.
Soz, I'd missed your earlier post, doh. I have distant memories as a kid of Worbarrow Beach (my father was interested in cliffs, photography and military stuff, probably why we were there), so I clicked away with my little camera. But no memories of Tyneham. We went to Bonington and enjoyed it, although the tanks and armored cars seemed awfully cramped (even though I was short and skinny in those days).That is exactly where I suggested - Tyneham Village is a ghost village slap bang in the middle of it that’s used for battle simulations.
Did the special effects for a scene for the film Comrades shot at Tyneham, fascinating place.I went to Tyneham a decade or so ago. I found it rather more 'stabilised' and tidy than I was expecting. I had fun doing 'then and now' photos using the pics on the information boards, but I found it a bit soulless and tourist-ready.
The 29029 near Wareham is well worth the stop if you fancy Indian food, it would be 2 or 3 times the price if it were in London or surrounding counties and probably adorned by celeb pics. Couldn’t be further from that though, rundown American diner look from the outside, upmarket food inside and they supported the NHS staff quietly through lockdown when many would otherwise have had little time or access to eat.