Our HE group was lucky enough to be invited to be guinea pigs for a new Estuary Explorers project.  We were hoping to go along and learn all sorts of things about estuary birds and their habitats through activities and games. Jonathan and I were both feeling pretty yucky but decided we would go anyway.  Ric (formally Ric the [Continue]

I got a text from Rebekah last night (she was at festival and I was at home making chicken curry).  She said “My knitted socks are the best things!! My feet are the only warm dry part of me!:) Nice to feel appreciated. [Continue]

Jonathan and I got soaked coming home from the festival early but the girls stayed until the evening – things definitely got muddier! [Continue]

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]

The Learning Zone had a variety show on Friday.  A chance to show case the many talents the children, adults and families together have.   We had stories, songs, circus activities, poems, music and some uncategorised. So follows a small sample of the amazing talent that is the Learning Zone Who will every forget that to get the [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]

I’m having a catch up on uploading photos so a month late here are some pics from Easter. We had the Easter tree outside church to welcome people in. In church we had a time of celebration and for some reason the kids were popping balloons. After church we headed off to Culver cliff to do [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]

Even on a bright sunny bank holiday Monday it is possible to find an empty beach on the Isle of Wight if you know where to look. We had friends visiting from the mainland and wanted to show then to show them some of the island that they wouldn’t normally get to see.  We were [Continue]

So given that it is so wet we have managed not to go and support the library workers strike, the spring walk has been cancelled and so has the star gazing evening. So that leaves me with  big kids to get to Newport for swimming, cinema and shopping, and a tired and tummy achey Jonathan [Continue]