Caravans have appeared on the cliff top opposite Shelley Park.
The eight mobile homes with panoramic views belong to travellers who arrived on Easter Eve.
The land is owned by Bournemouth Council whose officials are now in discussion with the police before considering legal action to move the camp.
See page 46.
The Ship Inn on The Quay at Lymington gets a good review in yesterday’s Telegraph.
“You’re as welcome in a jumper as you are in a blazer and tie” writes Christopher Middleton.
See page 83.
The Percy B Shelley’s son Sir Percy lived in a house on Boscombe’s cliff top where he was visited by the poet’s many friends.
At the house, now known as Shelley Park or Boscombe Manor, were  kept many of the poet’s papers and possessions. Until the end of this month they can be seen as part of the Shelley’s Ghost exhibition the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Admission is free and it’s a rare opportunity to see these items.
My review in the Bournemouth Daily Echo covers the highlights.
See page 46.
The wind farm due to be erected 10 miles off Bournemouth’s coast has not yet been given a name.
One suggestion is Knollsea although one wonders what Thomas Hardy would have thought of a blot on the horizon.
The Bournemouth Daily Echo has news of  a public poll for a name and further consultation exhibitions.
The Friends of Lymington’s Sea Water swimming pool have announced that the open-air baths will re-open at Easter.
The news comes at the start of Lent so it’s a forty day wait for the Easter treat.
See page 83.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and author Henry James were just two people who loved the view of the bay at Bournemouth.
Now, the possibility of a wind farm out at sea has moved a stage further. Last night BBC South today reported on plans for “hundreds of turbines”.
Consultation is promised and this may turn into a major debate.
The Globe Inn at Highcliffe has reopened a Premier Inn.
This is handy for bed and breakfast as it’s in the village centre and near the coast path.
Today a room is just £29.
Turn right at the main road beyond the main gates of Highcliffe Castle or walk on and at the top of the cliff steps turn left to walk inland.
See page 69.
The Sandbanks Ferry is operating again after its refit in Southampton.
It will be running daily including Christmas Day when there will be an half hour timetable from  8am (from Sandbanks) to 6.10pm (from Shell Bay).
Christmas Day sailings from Sandbanks are on the hour and half hour.
Christmas Day sailings from Shell Bay are at 10 minutes and 40 minutes past the hour.
See page 20.
Sandbanks Ferry was due to have been back in service by the start of December.
The vessel  Bramble Bay will now return from Southampton this week and might be in operation by next weekend 11/12 December.
See page 20.
It is interesting to see The Gun at Keyhaven listed among the Famous 100 Pubs supplement in this weekend’s Sunday Telegraph.
It’s alongside The Trip to Jerusalem at Nottingham and The Fighting Cocks at St Albans.
I think that I had forgotten about the claim that the landlord was once responsible for drowned sailors. According to the Telegraph, the listed 17th-century building once included a mortuary and a chapel. I shall check this out when next passing.
See page  80.