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  1. @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.

    #IoWRandonnee #IsleOfWight

  2. 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

  3. Time and Place: Solomon Butler and Charlotte

    I had previously posted most of this material separately, but I wanted to bring it together to show the full picture. Back when I first wanted to know the family history, I was told that we were descendants of Solomon Butler, a free Black man, and a "slave girl." The story preserved Solomon’s name, but not Charlotte’s. Why had her identity disappeared from the family account? While researching the brothers, Anthony and Moses Allmond, from whom I was told that all the Black Allmonds in […]

    genealo.me/2026/08/24/time-and

  4. A few shots from this year’s Cowes Week captured on a camera more than 70 years old.

    📷 Voigtländer Vito B — 1954
    🎞️ Kodak UltraMax 400

    #FilmPhotography #CowesWeek2026 #Sailing #IsleOfWight

  5. A few shots from a recent session at Canopy Skatepark.

    Hamish giving tuition and filming. Ula shredding. Me capturing it on black & white film.

    📷 Pentax 17 half-frame
    🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400 Black & White

    #CanopySkatepark #IsleOfWight #Skateboarding #Photography #FilmPhotography

  6. ‘Armed with a hamper from Fortnum & Mason’: on holiday with Charles Dickens
    By Caroline Davies

    Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum in London looks at writer’s holiday pursuits, from Kent to the Isle of Wight

    theguardian.com/books/2026/aug

    #CharlesDickens #Books #Exhibitions #Culture #Artanddesign #London #Kent #IsleofWight #Travel #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

  7. Wonderful evening with Mark Chadwick once again last night.
    Part of the Everyone at Once initiative where small independent venues put on a collective event for a weekend. This is to highlight how the much larger Festivals are impacting attendance to the little guys.

    Obviously the big headliners have to start somewhere. If there's nowhere for new artists to cut their teeth then this will impact on the Festivals in years to come.

    Mark is such an authentic soul. He's been playing at, and also organising his own Festival with Levellers, yet still goes out to play pubs on his own with his guitar. #MarkChadwick #Levellers #Strings #IsleofWight

  8. Over these recent hot clear evenings I have been keeping an eye on the new moon's progress. [It also gives me a chance to show off a new word I have just learnt!]
    #poetry #poem #literary #naturepoem #isleofwight #poetrycommunity

  9. A typically British run — blustery with sunshine, showers, and somehow a headwind in both directions!

    #10k #Running #Run #IsleOfWight #Exercise #SlowSunday

  10. Ok, it’s enough shooting to direct positive paper now. Let’s get some sheet film through. Also; eBay has been trawled and a wide angle lens is on its way 🥳 #ishootfilm #largeformatphotography #largeformatfilm #analoguephotography #filmphography #isleofwight