G and I have just returned from a wonderful weekend in the Isle of Wight. I went there every year as a child and exhausted every manor house, every animal park, every possible activity. With things to do including Butterfly World and Waltzing Waters, it isn't your everyday Disneyland theme park. This weekend, in dire need of a relaxing break, we headed out to the coast, and this is what happened...
Took some photos....
wrote in the sand...
threw sticks in the sea...
loved a lot...
wished a bit of boating...
bit of vintage shopping...
Enjoyed the sunshine...
Visited the wonderful seaside town of Ventnor...
Played on the amusements...
And enjoyed some mighty fine sunsets...
Doesn't Orla fit in well?
All in all, a fantastic weekend, and if you ever get the chance to visit, the Isle of Wight is a wonderful place. Blackgang Chine is a fantastic theme park for kids and - in my opinion, having visited them both - is far more imaginatively designed than Disneyland. They have a whole cowboy village for goodness sake, where you can walk into the saloon and order a sasparille in style. We stayed here [cream teas and Babycham on arrival!] and have already booked our trailer again for next year. Can't wait.
On a literary note, got through another McEwan [brilliant] and have started on this one [also brilliant].
This looks like a truly glorious holiday. I don't know I'll ever have the opportunity to go there but you certainly make it look tempting.
Posted by: ambika | September 20, 2007 at 08:43 PM
love your photos, jodie. really, love them. do you have a flickr acct?
Posted by: erin | September 20, 2007 at 09:09 PM
I've looked at that Air Stream park online before and wanted to go. Thanks for sharing your amazing images!
Posted by: melanie | October 05, 2007 at 02:59 PM
these photos are amazing. thanks so much for sharing them.
Posted by: leya | October 07, 2007 at 05:33 PM
these photos are amazing. thanks so much for sharing them.
Posted by: leya | October 07, 2007 at 05:33 PM
these photos are amazing. thanks so much for sharing them.
Posted by: leya | October 07, 2007 at 05:34 PM
How nice to hear that someone appreciates the place where I was born. I left 30 years ago and currently live in Egypt but enjoy going back there a couple of times each year. Lovely photos imaginatively displayed.
Posted by: Judy Youssef | October 09, 2007 at 06:45 AM
oooooooooooooooh Ive been there twice now and I LOVE IT!!!! I think there are some picks on my typepad - will have to hunt down for youxxx
Posted by: caroline - jayne panico | November 14, 2007 at 09:03 PM
Came across this in my nightly surfing, and what a find: these photos are just magnificent. Very memorable, particularly those clouds over the ocean.
Posted by: Sea Isle City Guy | November 09, 2008 at 03:27 AM