Friday, 26 November 2010
Isle of Wight bonus
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Isle of Wight 2 - Compton Bay, the Needles and Yarmouth
We climbed down a long flight of wooden stairs that wound down a cliff side. Compton bay is one of the most desolate places on the island and has few facilities giving it a rugged charm.
Saturday, 20 November 2010
Isle of Wight - Yaverland, Sandown and Shanklin
A few weeks ago I went to the Isle of Wight with some old friends. I've lived near the Isle of Wight for over a year but this was the first time I'd actually been. We stayed in a B&B called Sandown Manor near Yaverland. The beach nearby is a good place for finding fossils although I didn't have much luck.
The B&B had a lot of animals in the garden including a shetland pony.
A donkey
and some ducks which chased us all over the place as you can see in this video.
On the first night we walked from Yaverland, through Sandown and on to Shanklin on a promenade that ran by the beach. The moon rising over the Yaverland cliffs was very beautiful.
The place we were trying to go to was the Fishermans Cottage pub at the edge of the cliffs in Shanklin. Unfortunately they stopped serving food just before we got there but we went back during the day and were impressed by its dramatic location.
Friday, 19 November 2010
Dorset
Since I had some holiday to use up before the end of October I decided to visit my friend in Dorset.
She lives in the little rural town of Sturminster Newton. It is quite isolated and the only public transport is a few buses a day.
It has some very nice buildings though including this church and two old mills. Not much more to say about the place really.
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Final pumpkin update.
Well in the end my pumpkins were killed off by a fungal infection before they were fully grown. Seems like it was a fairly bad year for pumpkins judging from the quality of the pumpkins in the shops.
This is the last photo I took of the best pumpkin before it started going funny.

Next year I plan to grow more plants and use fungicides if need be. Hopefully I should end up with a fully grown fruit next time.
This is the last photo I took of the best pumpkin before it started going funny.
Next year I plan to grow more plants and use fungicides if need be. Hopefully I should end up with a fully grown fruit next time.
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