Today spent a lot of the day in the middle of the island; Arreton, Amazon World (just above Branstone), and Godshill.

Arreton & Godshill were mainly places to see (cough) local craft shops & wares – Arreton Barns did have a small Shipwreck Museum and an interesting collection of slot machines that brought back some memories of when I was a kid; but nothing really to write home about.

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Last night I trawled through the tourist guides to see if I could plan my island hopping a bit more; fat chance! but at least I have a list of places I want to visit.

First trip on my list was back to Yarmouth to visit the Tourist Information Centre;

I picked up a tourist parking permit; so I don’t have to deal with the pay & display’s any more.. also just missed one of the many pheasants that live on the island – phew!

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Day started off quiet chilled; breakfast and a couple of tweets to the guys. Read the Sunday papers in the lounge until 11am then checked out the Life Boat in the bay.

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Started my 10 day break on the Isle of Wight, a small island off the South coast of the UK.

I’ll be posting a journal every day with musings and pictures. I’ll be using Microsoft Live Writer to compose the posts off-line and my Samsung i70 and of course my iPhone for the image content, I expect you’ll be able to tell which photo came from which device.. haha

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