Maritime Mix Maritime Mix – London 2012 Cultural Olympiad by the Sea, the largest creative celebration planned for Dorset and the Jurassic Coast to date, is weeks away. Animating Weymouth, Portland and the Jurassic Coast this unique creative celebration will celebrate the area’s status as the 2nd largest Olympic venue after the capital and host to the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic sailing... 

Picture by Andrew P.M. Wright SWANAGE RAILWAY STAFF WIN TOURISM AWARD FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR PURBECK HERITAGE LINE VISITOR ATTRACTION Hard-working Swanage Railway staff are celebrating after again winning a tourism award for the quality of their popular Purbeck heritage line visitor attraction – for the fifth year running. The Quality Assured Visitor Attraction accreditation has come from the national... 

Picture by Andrew P.M. Wright LAST BRITISH RAIL STEAM TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE FROM 1968 HAULS HISTORIC FIRST TRAIN FROM EUSTON TO SWANAGE A mighty locomotive that pulled the last steam train on British Rail during the summer of 1968 has made history when it  hauled the first ever train from London’s Euston station down to Corfe Castle and Swanage. And in an ironic twist, Britannia class steam locomotive...