Here be Dragons - not really but it's a cool title
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky. I left my shoes and socks there, I wonder if they’re dry (Thank you Spike Milligan). The sky was blue, the sun was shining and the wind had dropped to a gentle 20mph. So I thought I would go on a fossil hunt. I think the last time I did this was probably on the Isle of Wight and I was knee high to an ammonite! Having done some research (but not enough as it turned out) I decided to head to Barton on Sea and walk to Highcliffe following the deposits of Barton Clay (grey and brown clays of the Upper Eocene age - around 40 million years old). After parking in the car park at the top of the cliffs I headed down to the beach only to find that the foot path was closed because of the unstable cliffs. So I walked down the scree and stones to get to the beach. This was not to be the last hurdle I was going to face on my morning adventure. The other thing I disc...