Tag Archives: isle of wight

You Can Just See Who Used to Live Here

Leave a Reply

This isn’t exactly a detective story because I remember when the previous tenant was operating from this building. This means I knew what to look for. Hovertravel used to carry out maintenance of its hovercraft in this shed on Bembridge Harbour. However, it seems to have changed hands a while back. However, as you look up at the front of the structure, there is clearly the indication of what used to be on there. I wonder how long it will be before the sun bleaches the remnants of these marks.

Red Funnel Action

Leave a Reply

Not been too long since I last had some ferries on the blog. Previously, it was Wightlink with their 100th anniversary. This time, it is Red Funnel. During our visit to Cowes, we used Red Funnel’s RedJet to make the crossing. With a camera in hand on the crossing and then some time on the Parade at Cowes, I was bound to get some photos of both the car ferry and the catamaran. Here you go!

One Day I’ll Finish the Model of This!

Leave a Reply

During a visit to Yarmouth, we had a wander down by the water. Yarmouth is home to an RNLI lifeboat station with a Trent class lifeboat. I was given a Airfix kit of the Trent class for Christmas a few years ago. I got quite active building the kit during the pandemic and got it to a reasonably advanced stage before putting it aside for a while. That while has grown. I took a load of pictures of the boat to use as references for when (if) I get moving with it again. We shall see…

Black-Headed Gull Eying a Snack

Leave a Reply

The morning after the birthday party that took us to Cowes, we went and got some bakery items for breakfast. (I won’t focus on the quality of the baking here, but they were a bit disappointing.) We took our purchases and walked along to Cowes Parade to sit and eat them while watching the world go by. A black-headed gull soon took an interest in us and came and perched close to us. It was lacking a foot, so its perching was slightly less straightforward. Gradually it would get braver and come closer to us. I decided it wanted to be on the blog so will oblige. (I don’t think it took any crumbs from our food so maybe it didn’t rate them either!)

Sunset Over the Solent

Leave a Reply

We made a brief visit to Cowes on the Isle of Wight for a birthday party. The party was a ton of fun, and it was great to see some people we hadn’t seen for a long time. While the party was in mid-flow, I did step out onto the terrace to get a breath of air, and the sun was setting in the distance. The view across the RYS’s back garden to the Solent was really attractive and the sky was illuminated nicely as the sun dropped below the horizon. What a delightful sight to have.

Hurst Castle and the Needles

Leave a Reply

I don’t know for certain whether I have ever previously taken the ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth. Something tells me I might have done so at one point, but I have no idea why I would have done so. Anyway, I definitely have made the crossing now because we took a trip across to Yarmouth. As we were crossing the Solent, there were some interesting views down the water towards the Needles. Hurst Castle marks the narrowest point between the mainland and the Isle of Wight. Getting both the castle and the Needles in view was possible. The distance difference meant a little careful processing was necessary to have clarity of both elements, but I loved the compression a long lens provided of this view.

Yarmouth Mill

Leave a Reply

Being in Hampshire makes a day trip to the Isle of Wight a simple option. We decided to go to Yarmouth for the day. Despite having lived on the Island for many years, Yarmouth is a place in which I spent remarkably little time. I would usually pass through, but it is a place with a bit to offer for a day trip. We walked around the harbour and out towards the marshes to head to a lunch spot. This took us passed the old mill building. It is an imposing structure and a sign of what might have been a busy place in days past. Here are a couple of shots of this cool looking place.

The Prints Suggest Swans Have Been Here

Leave a Reply

Swans are elegant looking birds and what you might not normally notice is just how large their feet are. While walking around the harbour in St Helens, the tide had retreated and there were silt flats exposed. While nothing was around, the swans had clearly been walking through here at some point after the water had receded. Their footprints were awaiting the returning sea to wash them away. I loved the starkness of the shapes.

Trains Are Back on the Pier

1 Reply

The rebuilding of the Island Line on the Isle of Wight has been a drawn-out process. New (sort of) trains and a rebuild of the track to increase capacity took place a while back. More recently, the tracks up Ryde Pier were closed for refurbishment. That meant the trains did not go all the way to the ferry. That has now been completed and, while I was out watching the hovercraft, I was pleased to see the trains back on the pier. I hadn’t planned for photographing them but why not while I was there.