Today we walked in the footprints of dinosaurs.
200 million year old dinosaur footprints.
Actual dinosaurs.
We bumped in to a friend at our local beach yesterday and she mentioned that there were dinosaur footprints on another local beach, one I've never heard of before. We did some Googling and found the location at The Bendricks further along the coast.
As we headed there today with woolly hats and thick Winter coats on it was hard to believe that 200 million years ago the site lay in the north belt of the equator and was a hot, arid dessert resided in by three-toed theropod dinosaurs, some of the earliest dinosaurs to roam the world. The beach is quite a secluded beach with huge shelves of sandstone and siltstone rock, and it's in here that there's a pathway of dimples. At low tide when these are filled with water left over from the high tide, the effect is quite amazing. We found them really easily and worked out how tall they would have been from the distance in the stride and the depth of the footprints.
It was quite amazing to see the series of footprints and know that they are imprints of prehistoric animals, on our little coastline! One in particular was really obvious as being from a three-toed animal, wich spurred us on to having a go at making our own three-toed footprints in the sand before managing to find real 'dinosaur eggs' buried in the sand. Of course we replaced them in case they hatched!
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Linking up to Country Kids
Coombe Mill says
Wow, it must have been really surreal to think that you were walking where a dinosaur once walked, the footprint where you can actually see all three toes is amazing. The Boy looks like he's having a great time exploring and pretending to be a dinosaur, you always need to take good care of dinosaur eggs. Thanks for linking up with Country Kids.
vicki - elliebearbabi says
wow this is so amazing! My little girl would love this! Gorgeous photo's and love your blog header its beautiful! #countrykids
Cathy (MummyTravels) says
That's amazing! I had no idea you could find something like that – one for the list #countrykids
Ting at My Travel Monkey says
Wow. Amazing. You really can tell they are dinosaur footprints. I would so love to live near the sea – even more so for prehistoric gems such as this. Gorgeous photos #Countrykids
Merlinda Little ( @pixiedusk) says
I can only imagine how overwhelming this trip is! Imagine having the proof that they real! outside of the museum!!! I wish I can see this too! #countrykids
Gemma Stevens says
My boys would love this. Looks like an amazing place. Gorgeous photos!
Elizabeth says
How exciting to find these footprints! A fantastic day out for the kids and grownups alike! ๐ #CountryKids
Elaine Livingstone says
what an wonderful thing to see, and truly amazing thinking about the history of them. sadly if the high tide is washing over them then they will eventually be lost, seems such a shame
Heidi says
What an awesome day out! My son loves dinosaurs and would love to go there ๐