Sunny and Blue in Ventnor garden party
Sunny and Blue of Lucid in garden party at Ventnor, Isle of Wight for our dear friend's Mikael and Tracy's birth celebrations
Santa arriving at Southampton
Santa arriving at Southampton - the kids are getting excited he's closer to the Isle of Wight! Next weekend he will be in Ventnor for the Christmas Ventnorville market and lantern procession
Bracing windy weather today at St Catherines lighthouse by Niton, Isle of Wight
ryde carnival
Yesterday's Ryde illuminated carnival
HMS Queen Elizabeth entering Portsmouth
The Royal Navy's largest ever warship, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arriving for her historic first visit to Portsmouth Harbour after rounding the Isle of Wight this morning at 7.10am
Carisbrooke Castle Knights
The Knights of Carisbrooke Castle jousting yesterday near Newport, Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight Steam Railway Austerity class locomotive "Army WD198" named "Royal Engineer" and built in 1958 in steam at Wootton Station today.
Three masted barque Kaskelot off Isle of Wight
Three masted barque Kaskelot off Isle of Wight yesterday
Our resident Red Squirrel Phil having an afternoon sunflower seed snack just now in our Airbnb garden
Icelandic horse in Freshwater bay
Fengur the Icelandic horse and Bruno enjoying a stroll in the cool sea mist of Freshwater Bay today whilst the rest of the Isle of Wight is bathed in full sunshine.
Sea lizards on the Isle of Wight
Wild lizards in Steephill Court airbnb garden - today we watched as lizards sunbathed on the sea rocks in Steephill Cove.
Freshwater lifeboat launch
Launching the Freshwater inshore lifeboat this morning
Steephill Court airbnb Ventnor badgers
Wildlife safaris in our garden with resident badger, Steve. We were delighted yesterday when a mother badger brought along her two young badger cubs to investigate the garden for the first time
Round the Island Yacht Race
The Round the Island Yacht Race as they pass St Catherine's Lighthouse today
Isle of Wight Hovercraft
Looking forward to the new Isle of Wight hovercraft which will enter service later this summer. It is currently undergoing trials at the Ryde Hovertravel terminal.
The Hillmans 30th May 2016
The Hillmans rock and blues band live in Ventnor Park today
Live steam at the Isle of Wight Steam railway
Live steam at the Isle of Wight Steam railway. This is one of the Victorian steam locomotives that used to run daily next to our house on what is now Steephill Court Road to Ventnor West railway station till 1952.
Cowes Seal
A close-up of the Cowes seal today
cowes seal today on the isle of wight
A grey seal relaxing on the seaweed covered steps at Cowes Esplanade this lunchtime.