The following article appeared in the Bridport & Lyme Regis News, Feb 8 - 2002

Mark Woolner is passionate about ale. "I'm obsessed with good quality beer," he says proudly from beneath his moustache.
Although The George's most gregarious barman won't go as far as CAMRA membership, he is certainly a connoisseur of all things bitter related. Now this isn't a slur on his good name, far from it.
It is in fact reassuring evidence that he has done the ground work and put in many hours of serious research for his book, A Toast to the Coast, published today.
Combining his love of a jar or two with his other great passion, that of walking, A Toast to the Coast is the ideal read for anyone Who's ever had their eye on a pint after a long Sunday walk.
Mark, 44, from Bridport, set out in August 2000 to scratch an itch that had been bothering him for some time to walk the Dorset coast in its entirety.

A keen walker since child hood, he grabbed his best mate Mike Watson and a tent, and the two chums set off on a Blyton-esque adventure, stopping to enjoy lashings of beer in as many hostelries as they could find along the way. Mark charted their Progress as they went.
The result is a combination of The Good Pub Guide and The Walks of Dorset in one.
A laid back approach to the serious business of walking and a serious approach to the art of being laid back, it lacks the detail and the 'science bit' that some walking guides will have you read but makes up for this in anecdotal quota.
Their happy stumblings through nudist beaches, firing ranges, public toilets and of course a wide selection of taverns provide ample opportunity to chuckle at the flotsam and jetsam of human life that can be found washed up on what is now England's first natural World Heritage Site. (Look out for the lawyer from London found drinking in his pyjamas).
"We headed towards the coast and were soon looking down at The Anchor in Seatown from the peak of Doghouse Hill, why Doghouse I wondered? The ascent was a little treacherous partially due to the frost but mainly because of the haste of the three musketeers armed only with walking sticks, a thirst and empty bellies."
Mark's own photographs illustrate the text, showing the changing tides of the Heritage coast along with a smattering of the people and places that the two wanderers encounter.
The book, which is printed by Creeds will go on sale today at the Bookshop on South Street. Priced £5.95, a percentage of the proceeds will go to Mountjoy School.'
"We live in such a delicious place and the people there do a great job, it's important to support it."