After seeing Avice's Cottage (Portland Museum); Rufus (Bow and Arrow) Castle; Church Ope Cove; St. Andrew's Church ruins; Pennsylvania Castle etc., I headed along the coastal path towards Cave Hole (above) which Margaret Marande describes as a "blow-hole at the back" of a cave which "spouted water before iron bars were fixed across it" ('The Hardy Way', page 161).
Cave Hole is also a location in Hardy's short (and underrated) novel, 'The Well- Beloved', as on their walk to Portland Bill, Pierston and Avice Caro pause there, as the sea had "roared and splashed" just like when they had visited the place as children ('The Hardy Way', page 158).
Just found the whole walk to Cave Hole (heading towards Portland Bill) absolutely stunning:
It was a Sunday morning, the sun was shining, and the rocky Portland terrain contrasted nicely with the deep blue sea:
Along the way, this type of old, loading crane started to occasionally appear:
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