CHESIL COVE
Chesil Beach is an 18-mile-long stretch of shingle that stretches from Portland to West Bay. For much of its length, it is separated from the mainland by the Fleet lagoon. The calm of this November scene is deceptive, for these waters are among the most treacherous in Britain. The seabed is densely populated with shipwrecks, hundreds of which have been recorded off here since the sinking of a captured Spanish Armada ship, the San Salvador, in 1588.