Another lovely day, with a strong wind from the east. I say that because the sea off Durlston Country Park was awash with white seahorses. Most spectacular. Two cruise ships at anchor offshore reminded me of the consequences of all these lock-downs, which I disagree with. I'd been asked to visit the park near Swanage after it won a prestigious VisitEngland award celebrating the best of the country's tourism. The park won in the Accessible & Inclusive category, beating other entrants like the Birmingham Hippodrome and Mylor Sailing & Powerboat School. I headed down to Swanage on my motorbike and just as well as the traffic was bad. Outside the mock castle I met Project Leader Alistair Tuckey, Cllr Noc Lacey-Clarke, lead member for Environment, Travel and Harbours, Catherine Olive, a volunteer and Chairman of the Friends of Durlston, Karyn Punchard, from Dorset Council, and Giles Nicolson, also from Dorset Council. They were all delighted at the recognition bestowed upon them and, after a brief chat in the sun, Alistair led off on a tour of the park. We walked on smart and newly created paths down the hill towards Swanage. On the way, we paused at specially created viewing places, with stunning views out to sea and along the cliffs. We also met a gentleman volunteer, who was building a stone wall. Catherine is also an expert at this and enjoys nothing more than stone-walling. Down the hill to a new hut, where two more volunteers were working in the garden. This hut is a place for anyone to come and just relax, do a bit of carpentry or help in the garden. Back up the hill afterwards for tea in the top room at the castle. It's a breathtaking view. There we chatted for some 45 minutes and it was a real pleasure to listen to Alistair, who is passionate about the place and has been there for 20 years. He, his small team of paid hands, and the many volunteers, have done a lot of work since my last visit and the place buzzes. A lot of visitors were enjoying the park, too, and I really do recommend a visit if you have not. Catherine, too, is passionate about the park and is a lead volunteer, contributing many hours to the place and of course the stone walls. I left inspired. Meanwhile, this wretched virus was testing us all further amid fresh fears of a second wave. Mr Johnson said he did not "want to go into bigger lock-down measures" but that tighter social distancing rules might be necessary. It is understood a new three-tiered set of restrictions is being considered. The plan would aim to avoid a national lock-down but could stop household-to-household contact. Tighter restrictions came into force in Lancashire, Merseyside, parts of the Midlands and West Yorkshire after significant increases in Covid-19 cases. The new rules ban separate households from meeting each other at home or in private gardens. There is widespread growth of the epidemic across the country and the R number has risen to between 1.1 and 1.4, the government's scientific advisers said. Officials are warning of "far worse things to come" as cases are thought to exceed 6,000 a day in England. We need some determined leadership now, to avoid another lock-down. Less talk of doom and gloom and more let's get on with our lives would help too.