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Walking the IoW

In October 2007 I walked around the Isle of Wight, around 65 miles of coastline, inlets, chines, towns and wonderful areas of outstanding natural beauty.

Moored boats at Yarmouth, IoW
Quarr Abbey on the IoW
The pier at Ryde, the starting point for the walk round the island
Not the largest cannons on the sea wall at Cowes, would probably not do any damage to the ferry
Erosion
Moored boats in the morning mist off Cowes
Hanover Point Fossil Forest emerging after high tide
Totland Pier
Compton Bay, IoW
Alum Bay, IoW
Tennyson Monument on Tennyson Down, IoW
The Needles from the New Battery, IoW
A hovercraft at Ryde
The view back across Freshwater Bay, IoW
A surprisingly ornate gateway in Ryde
The first sight of The Needles from Totland Bay
The view across the South Channel
Compton Bay, IoW
The sunset over Bembridge Harbour, IoW
Woody Bay, IoW
Hurst Castle, from the IoW
Remains of an old abbey
Boats at low tide in Wooton Creek, IoW
The view across Thorness Bay, IoW
The Needles from Alum Bay
The tides at Totland
The chain ferry from East Cowes to Cowes on the IoW
The crumbling cliffs of Brighstone Bay, IoW
In a wooded section of the walk it was good to know I was on the right track
The pier at Sandown, IoW
The Pepperpot Lighthouse, IoW
Palm Garden at Ventor Botanic Garden, IoW
The morning mist over Bembridge Harbour
The sunset over Bembridge Harbour, IoW
A view along the beach at Shanklin, IoW
Shanklin from the Appley Steps
Ventor Botanic Garden, IoW
Monument on Bembridge Down, IoW
St Helen\'s Fort, IoW
The view across Bembridge Ledge, IoW
St Catherine\'s Point Lighthouse
The view across Ryde Sands in the morning mist at high tide
A hovercraft leaving Ryde on the IoW
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