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Isle of Wight
Autumn 2007 Day 5
Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4
Our last morning, and while some go off to see Osborne House, 10 of us decide to do a walk with a different feel to it, near to Newtown.
We set off from Ningwood for our final 5 mile walk
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Crossing the tidal creek.
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Olivia leads a horse off the footpath
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Near Pigeon Coo Farm we wait hopefully to see a red squirrel
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And wait ... well we did see one, but the camera missed it would you believe!
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Olivia poses outside Hamstead Grange, as Mike is convinced we have been here before
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Yes, in the Spring of 2002, in sunnier weather
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Meanwhile back in 2007 we head down the tunnel to the Solent
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Where we have our coffee stop
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Rather eerie
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And we come across the memorial marked on the OS map.
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We continue along the foreshore
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And follow a series of boardwalks
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Through a nature reserve
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Kathy spots many birds
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Without binoculars they all look like ducks!
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More board walking
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Gorse still in bloom
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We head back inland through the woods
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Alongside the creek
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Over the bridge we crossed earlier, to meet up with the others at the Horse and Groom. We have our lunch, then travel just 3 miles to Yarmouth to join the queue for the ferry
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The sun comes out gloriously for a while
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Almost like the Riviera
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It clouds over again as we travel back to Lymington. Here we pass another ferry heading for the island
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Kathy looks very pleased the holiday has passed off so well, as are we all!
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Photos by Mike
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