Saturday, July 28, 2012

IOW Holiday

We booked a morning ferry...
...so we arranged to stay the night in Southampton

On arrival at Benbridge IOW, one of the local attractions is the last remaining tower mill on the island

 This was the view from our third floor bedroom window. A few metres of grass, then beach and the Solent
 Possibly the most famous tourist attraction in the IOW is The Needles
We had a day out on the island railways - one is a steam railway and the other is electric using old London underground stock

 We travelled third class in a compartment carriage with no corridor and leather straps to hold the window at different heights
We found a Sunday afternoon service in the open air on the grass next to the beach
This is Osborne House, Cowes, the retreat of Queen Victoria

1 comment:

AH NZ Adventure said...

I had to 'Wikipedia' Solent. How long was it on the ferry? It looks like you had some nice weather.