And here is the great man himself (dark blue shirt)

New excavations ...

... led by Sir Barry Cunliffe, famous TV star of yesteryear ;-)

Floor mosaic at the Roman Villa in Brading

The most complete mosaics in the UK are here

Chalk cliff at The Needles

Note the angled strata

Another view of the Old Battery

The Old Battery ...

... at The Needles

The Needles from higher up

Alum Bay

Note the different coloured stone in the cliff face

Lioness looking regal

At the zoo

Indian tiger at the Isle of Wight zoo

Whitecliffe Bay from Culver Down

Denise and Kevin reminiscing ...

... about childhood holidays on the island

Denise going for it ...

... towards the end of a long hill

Denise in Pre-race conference ...

... with her brother, Kevin

Holiday Part 2

In the middle of nowhere on the Isle of Wight

On the Isle of Wight ferry ... at last

Traffic was terrible, then the ferry was delayed. We set off from Falmouth at 9.30 am: at the time of writing it's 5.50 pm. :-(

Here comes the rain again

Time to go ...
I'll post some more later.

View from the sitting room

I hadn't posted a picture showing this direction previously, so I've taken this one, which actually does show the Lyme Bay: quite small in this picture, right over on the right hand side.

The RFA Lyme Bay ...

... was in harbour all the time we were here. She can be seen across the bay in the views from our window.

Falmouth harbour ...

... after a lovely sunny Thursday. The rest of the week's been pretty much a mix of wind, sunshine and showers.

Yesterday evening

All except the big schooner, which was too big, were back in Falmouth harbour.

Three masted schooner

A bit grainy. They were quite a distance out, beyond the realistic range of a phone camera.

Classic sailing ships race yesterday

Highly zoomed picture of some of the racers.

At the Seal Sanctuary

It's such hard work being a seal! I'll post some video clips when we get home.

Bedroom

View from the kitchen window

Well equipped kitchen

Kitchen dining area

Sitting room

Patio No. 2

Some pictures of the Falmouth holiday cottage

The rain has stopped ...

... and the mists have parted. It was actually sunny earlier!

On holiday!

This is the view from our cottage's sitting room (zoomed in quite a bit, admittedly)

Bike ride in The country, last weekend.

It was lovely to see the hills again, against all odds.

It rained a bit this morning

Never seen the bowling green so deep in water!