We set off on our riverside walk to the Fordington district of Dorchester from the hangman's cottage (the model for the hangman's cottage in Thomas Hardy's eerie, Gothic-type, short story, 'The Withered Arm'):
We kept trying to look upwards towards where people would've been publicly hanged outside the jail during Hardy's time, but couldn't really see anything because of all the bushes and trees:
Soon afterwards, our riverside walk became quite picturesque:
Must be wonderful to live in a house on the river:
Very soon, we were at the point where we had to cross the road:
The riverside walk continued next to the building below:
Most of the old houses here, which had been Hardy's model for the rough side of town in 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', had long been demolished, but it was nice to see a mother swan looking after her young ones on the water:
It looked like she had quite a job on her hands:
Nearing the Fordington district, we saw the mysterious, old mill engraving below:
And the bridge below signalled that we were near Fordington:
Yeah, all in all, this was a nice, leisurely, 30-40 minute stroll on a Friday evening.
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