Isle of Wight,

day one,

we were up early, we had found out that all trains had been cancelled from Beckenham Junction, so a tram to Croydon, then a train to Victoria, a short walk to the coach station and we were Portsmouth bound, on to the hovercraft and over to the Isle of Wight, a bus ride to Ryde, and here we are on the beach, our hotel the Premier Inn literally just across a narrow road opposite the beach, 

looking towards the pier, 

refreshed after our journey, we went for a walk along the front, 

when I spotted one of my favorite signs, dogs are fine, it is the owners that are the normal problem,

and here is a sign of the times, 

a derelict hotel failing into disrepair, 

no we will not be hiring one of these!

there are a few beach huts for rent, 

and stalls on the beach walk, 

I snapped a few interesting buildings, 

and a nice one, a Austin Healey Sprite, but alas it had broken down,

a couple more photographs, 

what a great name for a fish & chip shop,

we settled for a ice cream, 

and made our way to the pier,

it looked empty, but it was because so much of it was under cover,

Diana tried her luck at one of the Tipping Point machines, and turned £2.00 into 78 pence, then 32 pence and then we left, 

at the end of the pier a concrete jetty for fishermen, to try their luck,

we started our walk back, 

looking along the coast, 

it had turned into quite a nice day, 

we went back to our hotel and had a early night, a busy day tomorrow.