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Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
KITTED out with the latest scuba gear, Garry Momber peers through the murky water to the seabed below. It's dark - Momber is 11 metres below the water's surface and the black peat of the seabed absorbs what little light reaches the bottom. Then the tide turns, and as clearer water flows in from the open seas, the decaying remains of an ancient forest emerge from the gloom. Working quickly, he records...
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Sometime - somehow (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A little break last week amidst the anxiety of C being in hospital. We had chosen a hotel on the seafront at Sandown and had a balcony room. It was lovely to wake to the waves gently rushing forwards and to the sunrise over the sea. We pretty much covered most of the island in travel apart from Yarmouth area and Newport. My favourite village was Godshill - a kind of grockley Miss Marple place. And...
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Estate Agents In Fareham Hampshire (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
More local news from in and around the Solent area from Dibben and Dibben as Cruising and racing yachtsmen and their crews from the Royal Southampton Yacht Club are planning to sail across the Solent this weekend for supper in Yarmouth . . . and anticipate raising at least £1,500 for the RNLI along the way. The race-cum-rally on Saturday starts in the central Solent and is expected to take three...
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Fr Mildew (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Isle of Wight Day Trip This post is going out at 10.00am and hopefully a 2nd part will follow later this afternoon on Press. Yesterday I went with a friend to the Isle of Wight. We went first to see the last slam door electric stock operating the Lymington Yarmouth Branch. This stock is to be totally withdrawn soon. We took the opportunity to make the crossings of the Solent by two routes and compare...
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A Silhouette called Misty (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
The annual "Round The Island" race, Isle of Wight that is, was held on 20 June this year, see link: http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=rir09&ui=rir2&style=std&override=§ion=home&page=home I have had an ambition since I acquired Misty to sail her round the course non-stop solo which in straight lines in just over 50nm. I have previously sailed...
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SueSpace (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
Sean and I have just spent a week at the Old Mill in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. We were joined by Sean's son Anselm, and the Elwes family. Yarmouth is a pretty, twee little town where most people don't bother to lock their doors. Sean and I visited the Tiger and Lemur sanctuary, and I enjoyed that a lot. I took pictures of the Tigers because "The Tiger who came to Tea" is Wendy's favourite...
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I am trying to locate a contact for the Old Mill - I stayed there with friends several times about 10 years ago and none of us have contact details anymore...
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Bursledon Blog (Free subscription) | 24/07/2009
Seen on the quay at Yarmouth Isle of Wight - made us smile!!
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Bursledon Blog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Feared by sailors and pirates alike, the Gribble is apparently any one of 56 varieties of a marine isopod . The nasty little creature bores into wood to ingest as food, unfortunately all too often the Gribble's dinner was the planking or keel of a wooden boat. This amusing statue, come seat has been a feature along the harbor side at Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight for a couple of years and always makes...
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Nicholas Skinner's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/07/2009
I recently went to the Isle of Wight on holiday, and while there went on two bike trails which I recorded using the "Trails" iPhone application (see below). I am planning on posting a review of Trails versus Every Trail shortly. Isle Of Wight - Yarmouth to Freshwater (Route 1) Widget powered by EveryTrail: GPS Community Isle [...]
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The Engine Room (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
The Middle East, the credit crunch... there's no shortage of bad news. Fortunately the news from the Isle of Wight is rather more comforting: Town councillors have given the green light to demolish Yarmouth's public toilets at Bridge Road and replace them with new ones. Fire crews put out a small fire in the bedroom of a Ryde flat on Sunday. Two pumps, police and ambulance crews went to the property....
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