Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door

[omarjamaludin]

last weekend , me and my colleagues drove down 2 hours south west of London to the coastal town of West Lulworth. This coastal seaside town is part of what is called Jurassic Coast where you can find 150 million rocks and fossils of trilobytes and jurassic era trees.

here are some pics to share , do give this place a visit if you're around London , it is definitely worth the trip..




when we arrived there , we opted to park nearby Durdle Door...from there it is about a 10mins walk down the white gravel path , quite slippery and very steep..since me being a fatty kid with large momentum , i had to do a zig zag so that I won't walk down too fast and ended up tumbling down the path



on the way down that steep slope , we saw another small bay/cove on the east end of Durdle Door which in itself is a very nice place to chill .. the beach is primarily made up of pebbles instead of fine grained sands like in Malaysia..



the same cove viewed from the west

connected to this cove is the famous Durdle Door - made of rocks of 150 millions years old called Portland rocks. On top of the door you can actually see fossils of trees but it's abit hard to see from the picture though



Durdle Door



another view from the beach



F100 found on the pebble beach! hehe.. my treasure..



My colleague Aaron throwing some pebbles into the sea..




yours truly enjoying the beach...pardon the fatty model ha ha..this pic was taken by my colleague Elsie with here 350D

[omarjamaludin]

once we were done with Durdle Door , we drove 5 mins eastward to check out Lulworth Cove and Stair Hole. Pictured above is the Stair Hole where the beach is made of large rocks. This picture was actually taken on top of this magnificent stone structures called the Stair:



i was on top of that thingy , so you can imagine how big is the structure. Geologically speaking , this place has significant interest due to the formation of the rock folds. These lines used to be straight horizontal lines but due to earth's tectonic plate movement , these 150 million years old flatbeds have been folded so many times in such a weird angles as you can see from the picture. Hence the 'Stair' name...



this is the 'Stair Hole'



this is Joyce , a friend of mine taking a picture of us with Elsie's 350D camera..



Coastal town of West Lulworth , very cozy small English country side town...



Lulworth Cove , this is at the east end of the Stair Hole , will post more pics of this place later..

That's all for now!

[red406]

Originally Posted by omarjamaludin another view from the beach

that rock piece looks like a dinosaur having a dip in the ocean...

[Shooter]

wow... look really amazing.
How far is it from Southampton ?
Will definately try to go there the next time i visit my sis.

[omarjamaludin]

it is quite near to southampton..about 40 minutes? near bournemouth to be exact

[ckii96]

It really is a nice place to be. Thanks for sharing.

[noordin]

Woooow ! Breathtaking sceneries.

Keep 'em coming Omar.

[happyphantom]

nice nice !

[Steven Leong]

more! more!

[marlboro]

excellent place for shooting !!!

[philautus]

Durdle door is one impressive sea arch! It's huge! I'd say that this place is important geologically...they should do something about it...like making it into a geopark or something.

[omarjamaludin]

Originally Posted by philautus Durdle door is one impressive sea arch! It's huge! I'd say that this place is important geologically...they should do something about it...like making it into a geopark or something.

it is part of the World Heritage site..

[omarjamaludin]

Originally Posted by omarjamaludin it is part of the World Heritage site..

BW pictures uploaded here

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/...387#post480387