#isleofwight — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #isleofwight, aggregated by home.social.
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@FourT4 Thanks. I was wondering how the new organisation and date would compare. I'm pleased the event continues, although I suspect more has been lost than gained from the changes. I don't recall the old organisation needing to invest in a full page advertisement in Cycling Weekly to generate entries.
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Cracking day out on the South Island Randonnée although numbers were way down on last year's event. On the plus side I didn't miss the May Bank Holiday traffic queues where the route crosses the approaches to Ryde. Gentle SE wind meant the run along the Military Road was the fastest ever. #IsleOfWight #cycling #BikeToot
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What if the Square and Compass in Purbeck merged with Windmill Campersite (including Russell West who doesn't mention his campsite contribution on his website) on the Isle of Wight?
#SquareAndCompass #SquareAndCompassPurbeck #WorthMatravers #Purbeck #IsleOfPurbeck #IsleOfWight #WindmillCampersite #Carisbrooke
https://squareandcompasspub.co.uk/
https://www.windmillcampersite.com/
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There’s a nice walk on the west from Cowes, and indeed around the whole island (that’s around 110 km long). From this part you can see the #Mainland. Here, once again, is #Portsmouth with the #SpinakerTower visible. Even over a distance of something like 10-15 km, note that the base of the tower can’t be seen as it’s over the horizon (yes folks, the Earth is round!).
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #Android #Autumn #IsleOfWight #England #UK
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The town of #Cowes on the north side of the #IsleOfWight functions as the main #port for passengers from the #Mainland. It is bisected by the mouth of the #RiverMedina, which forms a cleft in the #Island. To cross from one side to the other, instead of the #bridge, the town has a small #Ferry guided by chains, which works all day and late into the evening to transfer pedestrians and road users from one side to the other.
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #Android #Autumn #IsleOfWight #England #UK
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Britten Sheriff, East Midlands International Airport 'Aeropark'. When John Britten died suddenly his last design, a light twin, was c.70% complete, and had been pushed into 'the weeds'. I was Curator of the Aeropark at the time, and was part of a team which viewed the aircraft on the Isle of Wight, and arranged for it to be transported to the museum. Many years later, it now stands on public exhibition, one of the last flowerings of the British 'light twin' #British #aircraft #twinenginedaircraft #JohnBritten #BrittenSheriff #EastMidlands #EMIA #EGNX #airport # #avgeek #aviationlovers #photography #museum #aeropark #isleofwight #leicestershire #InternationalAirport
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Is not being able to #afford #gas maintenance leading to #distasters from one end of the #UK to the other?
#Explosions woke neighbours on the #IsleofWight (cause not yet determined, #homeowner #airlifted with #burns)
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/devastating-blaze-destroys-brading-home-60-year-old-man-suffers-burns/#Blast kills a man in #Edinburgh (gas could be smelt)
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23963584.edinburgh-explosion-man-dies-blast-destroys-house/?ref=ebbn&nid=1388&u=b92d3e8ba00f2f475626044523cc87e9&date=021223
We haven't put our #boiler on for about 4 years. The #CostOfLivingCrisis doesn't touch the people who are deciding everything in this country. #poverty #heat #fuel #cost #fire -
I am working on a concept album about the sister of King #Arwald of the #IsleofWight , the mother of #Wihtred of Kent and the great great grandmother of #AlfredTheGreat
Here is the first and title track — The Call of Wihtfyr
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Off for an Isle of Wight visit soon. Can’t find any nature tours - keen to see red squirrels, otter, water vole, lizards and eagles. Anyone know someone who might walk us around? #IOW #Squirrels #otters #voles #lizards #eagles #isleofwight