England part V: Cerne Abbas

After the near death experience at Durdle Door I was all for a lengthy drive up to Cerne Abbas, a bit north of the actual coastline. It is a very cozy village in its own right, but its claim to fame is the Cerne Abbas Giant carved into a hillside right outside town.

Experts argue about its age, but modern consensus seems to be that it isn't all that ancient; it was probably made sometime in the 1600s, as that's the first mention anybody made of it in writing. One would have thought monks and officials in earlier times might have noted the existence of it, had it been built earlier.

Also, we had lunch at the New Inn in Cerne Abbas, and let me recommend, nay sing the praise of their hamburgers. We both had it and agreed that it was absolutely yummy. I'm not sure what type of herbs or spice they had used but something in that meat made the flavor divine.

All Cerne Abbas pics here.

Not that I'm envious or anything.


We saw several small lambs on our journey. The little things were jumping around playfully, so cute you could eat them. Which is what we're planning on, broadly speaking.


The burger, a thick spicy lump of meat. Mmmmmmmm.


Cool, old car parked right across the street from the Inn.