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Daily Echo, Bournemouth -
Celebration of Lulworth
TRAGIC soldier-
The exiled King Charles X of France held court at the Castle and it was long believed that Napoleon himself once stole ashore in the Cove to check its suitability as a starting point for an invasion of England.
Today, we know it as one of the Dorset coast's most popular tourist attractions with its crammed car park, visitors bottlenecked to the sea along Main Road and then scattered over the stony beach and cliff faces in the Cove itself.
Lulworth -
The Book of Lulworth* charts Lulworth's lengthy history from the formation of the spectacular geological grotesques at Durdle Door, Stair Hole and Dungy Head; to the foot-
The book is littered with the robust names of the coast's many features -
Farming, fishing and smuggling form a large part of the story of their lives and there is no shortage of tales.
Illustrative artist Molly Brett, whose work appeared in Enid Blyton's books, captured the eight-
Another common factor in bringing small, rural communities to life is the faintly benevolent presence of a little myth and mystery. Lulworth has its Phantom Army seen marching across what are now the Army firing ranges in 1678. Legend has it the appearance of a ghost army is the presage to a war, but the Monmouth Rebellion did not flare up for another seven years. Even in recent times, fog-
Lulworth soil has been trodden by royalty many times since James I became the first ruling monarch to visit. Charles II fled the Great Plague of 1665 to take refuge at Lulworth Castle; while Maria Anne Smythe, widow of landowner Edward Weld, went on to marry the Prince of Wales -
And the villages continue to exert their charm on visitors and locals alike. Comic actor Arthur English recalled his posting to Lulworth as an instructor at the Armoured Fighting Vehicles School: "It's nice to think the boys at Lulworth still remember me," he said. "A lot of water's passed under the bridge since I was there -
The Book of Lulworth by Rodney Legg, £19.95, Halsgrove. ISBN 1 84114 141 0
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