Step Back

[Inspired by Carolyn Derbyshire’s ‘Footprints’ contest but too long] For Dr Bartholomew Green There’s little that he hasn’t seen But here on this Jurassic coast Is the place that he relishes most These imprints so frequently found All over this beach do abound Like clues that the dinosaurs sent To show where they've been, where they went These steps of a huge Allosaurus Which paced this beach sometime before us Are clues that can now be unravelled To find out just how far he travelled The team trace the route that he took Each making notes in his book The cavern was worth a good look But then the ground rumbled and shook A rockfall or something more scary? They made their way back, feeling wary Then Doctor Bartholomew Green Reset the time travel machine