Well, been off sick for the past couple of days so I’ve gone through the 3,000 pictures I took (yes I found the “burst” mode on the camera) and here are the best, 64 in fact.

.. you can see the best of the rest (not all 3,000) at Flickr here..

Typical! best day weather wise and it’s my last day!

Wasn’t sure what to do today, so coming out of the hotel car park I decided to turn left (I always turn right). Followed the road and ended up at Alum Bay, home of the coloured sands.

It’s true it’s not the first (or second) time I’ve been there, but its a very beautiful place looking down to The Needles.

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Weather looked a bit dodgy today, the forecast was poor so I thought I’d go somewhere relatively protected from the elements, Ventnor Botanic Gardens in you guessed it… Ventnor.

I’d been here before, but later in the year. It was obvious that the gardens were hit hard during the winter, a lot of the tropical plants outside looked as if they had suffered the most. Needless to say heartier plants had only just started to begin to raise their heads.

Spent the day practicing some shots, distance, arty, macro – you know what I mean, as always I would like some comments/suggestions on my work..

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Today I bit the bullet and decided to visit the Islands 1st Theme Park; Blackgang Chine – well sort of.

The group has opened a new attraction for the more mature visitors, which of course I appreciated.

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The plan was simple check out the weather, visit the bay and go to the zoo in Sandown; strangely there were a few distractions along the way…

Going past Brook Bay something caught my eye, there were a couple of guys Kite Surfing, it was amazing to watch – the wind was strong and they must have been getting a good 8 feet into the air at times.

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What’s quite unusual is the way the weather changes so much here on the island – rain, windy and now bright sunshine. The Easter weekend truly started for the island, it had been very quiet over the past week but today the bay was very busy in comparison.

The Freshwater lifeboat was out for a practice as well today; first time I’d seen it this year.

… the pictures of the bay today are amazing; what a great day and it had only just started.

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Saturdays are days of madness, stay clear of any shopping districts I tell myself – specially when your on holiday…

So what did I do? Went to Cowes!

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Wow, the weather certainly changes quickly here – yesterday was amazing, but today was raining for most of the morning, so it was off to an indoor attraction.

The only one I could think of was Amazon World near Newport, so I jumped in the car waterproof coat in hand and headed East along the coastal road…

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Wow, what a day makes. The weather has totally changed – overnight! Although still below 10 degrees, it was bright clear with a light breeze – amazing.

Decided to try out some new stuff, and some old… It’s mainly pictures today, I’ll pop in some notes here and there, but enjoy them – please comment if you’re enjoying the holiday series.

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