New York Times article surveys Hardy country, including Mapperton
The New York Times today published a long feature in the travel section covering the author's meander through West Dorset, from Lulworth Cove to Lyme Regis via the Cerne Abbas Giant and Mapperton Gardens. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/travel/on-englands-coast-thomas-hardy-made-his-world.html?_r=0#