Sunsets over Portland's "mere farm"

Overlooking the Fleet and Portland harbour, the scene of the 2012 Olympic sailing, taken from the top of what is known as "the incline"...a steep path from the bottom directly toward the top, or top directly to the bottom.

Originally used with boxes on rails for transporting goods from the top directly down toward the water to be transported on boats.

As I sat up here I thought about the many generations of Portlanders who had also sat here in wonder at the sunsets we have over Chesil beach.

The foreground was known as the "mere farm" and has now as you can see been reclaimed and built on by the navy who are no longer here.

I don't myself have any photos of this scene before the navy changed the mere farm from what it was to the solid ground it is now.

The one thing that doesn't and won't change are the stunning sunsets we enjoy here.