Caught the 7.30 a.m. ferry to Hythe and when I started walking at 8.00 it was raining. Walked to Beaulieu, Bucklers Hard and then along the Solent Way to Lymington. Caught the ferry to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, where I met up with Alan Croft (from Stoke Gifford). We then set off to walk to Shalfleet, via Hamstead Farm. We arrived at the bus stop at Shalfleet at 5.10, but the bus didn't turn up so Alan phoned his son Andrew, who is a doctor at St. Mary's hospital, and he came and picked us up. He dropped me off at Newport bus station, where I had another problem - a crowd waiting for the Sandown bus to get to a music festival. I managed to get on the bus, but the journey was much slower than usual. Eventually arrived in Sandown, which will be my base as Alan and I walk round the island.
Distance walked 25 miles
Strewth, I didnt know u were walking round the Isle of Wight as well!! should be quite pretty wud have thought. /:O) The process for blogging is a bit of a nightmare for this, btw - not surprised no-one else is commenting - probably cant work it out! /:O)
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