

I must say Ventnor makes for a beautiful little town so I included a pic of the coast line and a little garden area on the coast.
My first official sight seeing was St Catherines oratory - basically the first ever medieval space rocket. ;) No, seriously it may look like a space rocket but it was actually supposed to be a light house. Unfortunately it did not do the job too well cos it was too

Getting to see the oratory was lots of fun cos we went through a field of cows - they are really cute animals and not all that bothered either.
We continued our walk and got to the top of the cliffs along the coast - the grass was real soft so I had to lye down on it. Good opportunity for a pose.

After walking along the cliffs we made our way down to the beach - I would like to point out that Alan put my life in danger here by leading me along a path that has actually been closed off. It was a little bit of an obstacle but I am still alive to tell the tale.

The coolest thing about the beaches is that the "sand" is orange. I put sand in inverted commas cos it is really quite pebbly.
In the cliff face along the beach I saw a very little cave that is also very orange - there must be alot of iron iron the area.

There was a LONG walk along the beach and we passed some guys putting up tents, it was already kinda cool and the sun had not even disappeared yet so I am glad that wasn't planning to camp out that night. At the end of the beach walk we had another crazy climb - there is even a rope to help pull yourself

We made it to the top and headed for a rest stop (ie. headed for a pub). Outside the pub there was a


The Buddle Inn in Niton was where we took our break and it was our rest stop the next day aswell. Very old little pub with a beautiful area outside. It is just a little too cold to enjoy the scenery so first choice is indoors to warm up.
The second day we made our way towards Niton again and on the way we headed down St Catherine's Schute to see St Catherine's very little church. At this stage you might be thinking that I am calling everything St


We then made our way under an overhang in the cliff side for a chocolate break - gotta get the energy from somewhere.
It was great seeing another side of Isle of Wight even though the weather on the second day was on the verge of a tornado. There were times I thought I was gonna fly away. Despite this horrible weather we still passed many other walkers. Must be an English thing and maybe I am whinging too much.
3 comments:
I'm sure you heard about our 'Tornado'.
The pub looks like a good spot for a wedding
Bragging about your geology knowledge are you? ;)
PS You're not going crazy about the sun taking a long time to set. Same thing happens in Cape Town.
I think twilight lasts longer in the UK because the sun isn't travelling perpendicular to the horizon and so even though it goes below the horizon it doesnt sink away very fast 'cause of the angle. Or something like that.
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