Hooray, home at last after an epic journey. We spent yesterday wandering around Cowes (another of my favourite towns on the Island) in the beautiful sunshine. I’m so happy that the weather was mainly good during our week away! Anyway, visiting Cowes gave me the opportunity to see if my favourite shop had any new…
Sunny days
The weather was gorgeous today, warm and sunny all day long. We made the most of it by spending all day out and about. First, we walked around Ryde, which must be my second favourite town on the Isle of Wight. Then we headed over to St Helen’s and had lunch with my sister at…
Nothing
We seem to have managed to do less today than we did yesterday or the day before. Maybe this is the point of a holiday? After a late breakfast we went to Ryde and had a look round the shops before heading over to Bembridge Windmill. We climbed to the top and admired the view…
Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Ventnor, Isle of Wight, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. Spent the day dodging the showers in Ventnor, one of my favourite places. It is a small, largely unspoilt Victorian seaside town, full of quirky shops and twisted streets. We stopped for a coffee in this amazing pink building (the only way to describe it), and…
Another sunny day
Spent the day shopping in Newport, had some lunch in a cute tea-shop, then on to visit my sister and nieces. My sister cooked dinner for us (the first time in years). Then we came home via the beach. I bought some great vintage fabrics in Newport which are currently being washed. Pictures soon…
Hot and sunny
Today the weather has been BEAUTIFUL for once, lovely and sunny and hot. We made the most of it and went for a long walk in West Wight. We started off at Yarmouth and after buying some lunch in a little deli headed off into the countryside. We managed 5 miles, passing through the outskirts…
on holiday…
We are currently on holiday on the Isle of Wight, enjoying the peace and quiet of my mum’s house whilst she is away. Tonight we visited Ryde Regatta with my sister and nieces. The fireworks were amazing even though my youngest niece thought they were going in her eyes. I fed her lots of candy…
New toys
Today I visited the Cath Kidston sale again and after much deliberating came away with a large sewing box. As you can see I have an almost identical smaller version but it hardly held anything. The new one is much much better. Some new purchases also arrived courtesy of ebay, some lovely vintage bias and…
Garden treasures
Today we were very happy that it finally stopped raining and we could spend some time in our garden. Whilst digging out the tree stumps we found lots more treasures: bottles, quarry tiles, more bottles, more quarry tiles, an old bedstead, a pair of coal tongs, broken pots and more quarry tiles. I need to…