BOURNEMOUTH:
 

• A famous natural arch and a beautiful secluded cove; their existence owed to the collision of continents and the birth of the Alps.
   

• If you visit Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove, look carefully and you will notice that the layers exposed in the cliffs are tilting steeply to the north.
   

• This is most notable with Durdle Door itself as it is formed from a layer of hard limestone standing almost vertically out of the sea.
   

• Normally layers of limestone would be horizontal. Only the most fundamental force in geology could have altered these rocks in this way – plate tectonics.

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ISLE OF WIGHT:
 

• We depart from Leicester and begin our journey to Southampton / Portsmouth. On arrival enjoy a short ferry ride to the Isle of Wight.
   

• Later we drive to The Needles Landmark where the chairlift (tickets not included) transports visitors from the cliff-top above Alum Bay down to the beach below.
   

• Grab a bird’s eye view of the multi–coloured sand cliffs of Alum Bay and the stunning turquoise waters that stretch as far as the Isle of Wight’s finest and most recognised beach.