…living the dream
Monday 23 March 2020 and Boris Johnson orders the UK to lockdown. All non food shops, cafes, bars, cinemas, pubs, clubs and schools must close and only essential key workers are to go to work outside their home. Everyone else must stay at home, work from home, study from home until the virus infection rate... Continue Reading →
What a lovely way to spend a Friday evening - stone baked pizza and the beach. We walked down to Freshwater Bay enjoying the early evening Spring sunshine. We weren't alone. There were a few groups of people sat on the beach and along the wall enjoying their pizza picnics. Some had come with wine and... Continue Reading →
January The Long Stone, Mottistone - a chilly grey day walking Stan our temporary lodger. February Figs in February, Brading Roman Villa. A lovely place to visit, very interesting insight into life on the Wight in Roman times. The cafe is fabulous too. March Another chilly walk, this time from Bramble Chine to Totland Bay.... Continue Reading →
Friday 1st December 2017 saw the 'proper' opening of The Avenue following 10 weeks of road works. Just in time for the Lantern Parade from Moa Place to Colwell Common. The road had never been made properly, didn't have correct foundations, so the whole length had to be dug out nearly two feet deep... Continue Reading →
They say living on the Isle of Wight is like stepping back in time. Saturday morning I thought I really had stepped back in time, into the early part of that last century. I left the house, turned into The Avenue and was welcomed by the sight of dozens of vintage cars, most being driven... Continue Reading →
Sunset on mid summer's day June 2017, Totland Bay
Life on the Wight 