Isle of Wight

Ok so while all of you were making breakfast for your mothers on mothers day, ha ha, Thalia and I were getting on a bus for a day tour of the Isle of Wight. The first time that I went on a ferry - so now I can officially say that I believe in ferries. They say seeing is believing. ;)

The weather was absolutely horrible so our trip over had us trapped indoors trying to take interesting photos through the windows. Needless to say the photos did not end up being interesting at all and hence I did not include any of them.

On the left is a picture of St. Mildred's Church in Whippingham on the Isle of Wight. At this stage the weather was still miserable but I went out and had a look anyways braving the rain. Unfortunately it just started raining harder andf I got drenched. Queen Victoria apparently loved the Isle of Wight - she kinda saw it as a lovely get away from the madness of everyday life. This is the church she would attend and she had her own entrance and the service would start after she arrived. Obviously everyone has to wait for the Queen.

Next stop was a little town called Godshill - it has a little church on top of the hill. The town is also known for its thatch roof houses. It is a very beautiful, very little town. They also have a toy museum but we didn't really have enough time in the town to really explore in the museum so we just walked around the town. The photo below left has the thatch houses in the foreground and peeping up behind you can see the main tower of the church on top of the hill.

After our exploration of Godshill we went off to Shanklin which is on the coast. By this stage the sun had shown its face and I was beginning to dry out. It was our lunch stop so after a bit of shopping Thalia and I headed off for a place to eat - after all the cold weather we were very much hungry. Stopped in at a little pub called Crab Inn (below). Really good sandwiches. Yum!

Our last stop of the day was the needles. The needles are very far out and even though we walked all the way to the view point (we managed to take long way round) our photos did not do them much justice. I decided to include a photo of a little model of the needles that was outside of one of the little shops. It is pretty accurate, in shape and colour but maybe not quite as white though. The postcards show them quite well and it looks like they have snow on them cos of their white colour but its just rock.


Finally we got back on the ferry and headed back to London. The trip back was much more pleasant and we actually spent most of it on the outer deck but as we neared London the weather got worse and by the end of the ferry ride it was raining again. Below is a pic of us pulling out of Isle of Wight. Pretty little place.