Walking along near Egypt Point today, there was a great commotion, with a shoal of mackerel continually splashing and leaping accompanied by the cry of terns speculatively diving but apparently without success. A local angler claimed that this is normal behaviour and that the mackerel are after whitebait, which sure enough could be spotted all [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Watch out Wightbait!
Posted in General on July 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Beauty shines through
Posted in General on July 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Despite appalling downpours yesterday, our island still looked beautiful at times and I was drawn to stop the car and take this view towards the downs above Wroxall. As a mountain lover, I’m used to the peaks being clad; it’s unusual to see the higher places clear of the worst of the weather.
Bloomin’ marvellous
Posted in General on July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
If you’ve yet to find your way to the Lavender Farm, make sure you find it soon, it’s just off of Staplers Road between Newport and Wootton. As I hope you can see from the photo, their top field is awash with differing varieties of lavender and the view from there across the rolling countryside is stunning. [...]
Standing out from the crowd
Posted in General on July 8, 2007 | No Comments »
After the Round the Island Race, you would have thought that we deserved a rest before Cowes Week, but no, this week it’s been racing again, Swans this time, if my research is correct; I was delighted to see No Limits again which I’d photographed the other week.
I’m not really tired of all the racing, but many [...]
Wight Air wizzes watch Wighteye’s wife warily!
Posted in General on July 8, 2007 | No Comments »
With a matter of weeks before this year’s Wight Air event over August Bank Holiday, the kite surfers were out practising at Compton Bay, they certainly were speedy and impressive.
Equally courageous was Mrs Wighteye, plunging into the cool seas without the benefit of a wet suit, to try out her new body board (courtesy of [...]
A missed opportunity
Posted in General on July 4, 2007 | No Comments »
As I was leaving home for the allotment this morning I foolishly decided against taking my camera, thinking that the chance of a photo opportunity was slim at best. Having dug up and washed the crop of Jersey Royals, I was about to load a bag of old bindweed into the car to go to [...]
