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D-Day 80th Anniversary Celebrations
If you’re looking for places to visit in Dorset, Thursday 6th June 2024 is the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. Portland was the port from which thousands of US troops embarked on the final decisive phase of Word War 2. Naturally the Castletown D-Day Centre on Portland will be marking the occasion. Not only […]
Portland in Winter
Andy & Judith have now visited Sea View Cottage five times, most recently for a winter break in January 2024. They’ve sent us a few of their photos and this is how they described their latest visit: “Portland is a great place to visit any time of the year as the scenery is always interesting […]
Higher Lane, Portland, painted in oils
Earlier this year, we commissioned talented artist Bryony Fenton to paint the icononc view of holidaycottages down Higher Lane, Portland, right next to Sea View Cottage. We passed her various photographs, including Phil Thorn’s great image taken in 2021, but gave her the freedom to paint it as she saw it. And this is her […]
Weekend breaks at Sea View Cottage
Weekend breaks at Sea View Cottage. A guest’s perspective. Sea View Cottage, Portland, is the perfect spot for weekend breaks. Dee, Paul, Amanda and Robin sent us the following photos of a weekend they spent at the cottage in late September 2023, However they appear to have omitted the ones of them worst for wear […]
Anyone for tennis?
As I write it’s Wimbledon fortnight. So a great time to remind guests we have two public, free, tennis courts, just a two minute walk away. They’re located within Victoria Gardens just the other side of the road from the cottage. OK, they’re hard courts, not grass courts, but they do have a great view […]