From victorian swanage to seafaring poole spend a day discovering two towns full of history and character start your day on the seafront in swanage a picturesque town on the dorset coast then cruise past giant cliffs of rock at the start of the jurassic coast and out onto the open sea with wide views of the channel to south and east great views continue all the way to poole once there you will have time to check out its museum pop into purbeck or poole pottery or go shopping in the local