In the middle of Lyme Regis there is a water mill that still produces a little flour. The flour is made from Tamarisk Farm’s organic wheat and currently there is some dough under a wet cloth rising to make a loaf of bread from said flour.
The mill isn’t run commercially but as a tourist attraction, but don’t let that deceive you the head miller was very knowledgeable and was more than willing to give us plenty of time and tell us about the history of the mill and show us the processes. In fact he even stopped the water wheel - an overshot for those interested in such things - so that we could see how the wheel reacted as the water slowly filled the buckets before whizzing around at great speed then slowing again before gradually building up speed again to milling speed.
Anyone who knows me will know that I am right at the very bottom of the list when it comes to appreciation of spiders, however I do appreciate the beauty of their webs. In the mill their webs are covered in flour dust and decorate the place like some forlorn Christmas decoration that has long been forgotten.
