Cowes Sports won a thrilling IW Gold Cup Final tonight at Westwood Park. East Cowes Vics went ahead towards the end of the first half, only for Cowes Sports to equalise 10 minutes from the end of normal time. Tiredness and lapses in concentration led to Vics conceding again in the second period of extra [...]
Archive for May 9th, 2008
Vics vanquished 2-1
Posted in Football, tagged Cowes Sports, East Cowes Vics, IW Gold Cup Final on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Big Yellow Taxi coming to Newport
Posted in General, Green Issues, tagged Big Green Picnic, Eco Island, Isle of Wight on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Never mind the Big Green Picnic, Wighteye believes the occasion should be renamed in honour of Joni Mitchell and her assertion that “They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot”. For any of you that have not yet heard, the ego-island event for plebs (we don’t seem to deserve a conference) will not take [...]
Walks with a purpose
Posted in Walks, tagged Isle of Wight Walking Festival, Parkhurst Forest, Vectis Astronomical Society on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wighteye has been fortunate to partake of a couple of events in the Isle of Wight Walking Festival this week. The first event was one evening at Parkhurst Forest, detecting bats and watching newts, curious at the light from torches shining into their pond. A large crowd of us enjoyed the activity, as did the [...]
