So yesterday was world wide knit in public day.  I was at the Isle of Wight Festival (volunteering for Gift to Nature) so managed to knit pretty publicly there, not in front of the main-stage though but in the much more intimate venue the Kashmir Cafe. So here I am watching my friend Mick Watson play some [Continue]

Here are my new walking boots before heading out for their first trip – I’m very pleased with them as they seem very comfortable. I started using these boots for the  Isle of Wight walking festival. There are apparently over 600 walks to choose from over the course of two weeks led by all sorts [Continue]

Martin has been leading a few walks in the walking festival, all drawn from a new walks booklet he has been involved in developing.  Yesterday we took Jonathan along with us (girls too blistered from Walk the Wight) and did a brilliant walk starting at  Mottistone heading down the coastal path to Brook  and past the Longstone [Continue]

So all the family went to the festival this year to volunteer with Island 2000 to raise money for bee projects on the Island. The littlest two only did Friday but the rest of us were there all week end. So here we have Jonathan leaping between the staw bale sofas and being a very [Continue]

The South West coast of the Island is famed for its fossils. We arranged a work outing to take a look with a local expert. Unfortunately something went wrong and we managed to be in a different place to our expert at the appointed hour. Having driven all that way we figured we might as [Continue]

As it never snows here on the Isle of Wight Dad’s (slightly crazy) work decided it would be a good idea to have a sandman building event. So we were dragged along in the freezing cold, whilst Mum was drinking coffee and eating lunch i a nice cafe somewhere. But once we got warmed up [Continue]

We had some fun at work last week, with Dan and Simon launching their hand built boat, made from scrap from neighbouring businesses. Used the opportunity to have a go at putting together a Youtube video from the assorted camera video clips and sound files we had recorded. [Continue]

We had a fun (but very windy) rummage through the rockpools at Bembridge Ledges yesterday with Ian Boyd from Island 2000 Trust providing his usual mix of expertise and excitement! [Continue]

Today I’ve been out before 7am (despite it being a bank Holiday) with my Nordic walking poles (picture to follow when I have one) Then we did the Lizard walk at Ventnor with Island 2000 Trust as part of the IoW walking festival. No lizards as it was too cold This evening I had ants [Continue]