Another day, another chapter drafted.
The islands of Poole Harbour are privately owned and often resistant to visitors. Brownsea Island is owned by the National Trust who repel invaders who don’t arrive in the tourist boat and hand over their landing fee. Highly unusually, landing between the high and low water mark is banned on Brownsea. In the 1930s, the reclusive owner was Mrs Bonham-Christie, who let the island revert to nature and employed ‘a blonde and powerful female Scandinavian PT instructor to throw visitors off the island’ (National Trust Guide). What would Baden-Powell think?
The only uninhabited island is Long Island, where landing and camping is permitted with prior permission from the owner.
Hi
I think your web site is brilliant, very informative with good photos,hope you can keep it up.
My local paddling area is Chichester but I do venture up to Dorset from time to time. Having read your bit about pool harbour and the possibility of camping on Long island if you contact the owner, Well , I would like to, but can’t find the owners address/phone number. Any chance you could let me know or forward my email to said owners.
Yours Neil Atkinson.
Neil, check your email.
Best wishes,
Mark
Oops, actually I don’t have your email address. Get in touch with me at markATukriversguidebookDOTcoDOTuk
Mark
aha, i just posted a comment else where on your site – i guess it should go here. I too would like to contact the owner! any help mark.
Many thanks
Dave
For various reasons, I only have half the details at the mo (surprisingly hard to pin down) but will have them all by the time publication goes ahead.
Cheers,
Mark