Sunday on the Isle of Wight
Sunday 5th August 2012
Breakfast in Ventnor, a tour of Osborne House, then a trip on the Isle of Wight steam railway.
Isle of Wight
John's Pictures

08:23:57
The view from our room in the morning.

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Flowers growing on the wall outside the hotel.

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Chie and the first course of her breakfast.

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Me and some Marmite.

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My vegetarian breakfast. They said this was going to be a Quorn sausage. It's obviously a Linda McCartney sausage, not a Quorn sausage.

09:36:55
Last view from our room before checking out.

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Sea view from Ventnor.

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Post box in Ventnor. I like the "Isle of Wight only" box.

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The Isle of Wight.

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Entrance to Osborne House.

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Osborne House from the front.

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Is this a copy of the boar in Florence?

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After touring the interior, here's the gardens at the back of the house.

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The grounds running down to the sea.

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Queen Victoria's private beach.

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Queen Victoria's bathing machine.

13:09:43
Chie in the walled garden.

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Outside of the walled garden.

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Now at Wooton, waiting for the Isle of Wight steam railway.

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Initially bought a 3rd class ticket...

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Some posters etc in Wooton station.

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....then after a while upgraded to first class.

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...and here's the train!

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Our first class compartment for the first leg of the journey.

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The engine changing ends.

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Inside the first class compartment.

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Peter Port in Guernsey, coincidentally we went there around this time last year.

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Now at Havenstreet, where we got off to look around.

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Haven Street station.

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There was a Victorian event happening here.

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Blowing off steam.

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On the next train now, here's a slightly different first class compartment.

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Passing through the woods.

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...and the fields.

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Getting off the train at Smallbrook Junction now.

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Poster for Ross-on-Wye.

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The little train that would take us back to Ryde Pier Head.

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On Ryde Pier.

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...and now back on the ferry.