Weekend away on the Isle of Wight

We had a great weekend away on the Isle of Wight near Yarmouth from Friday to Monday. The whole Birger family got together to celebrate Mrs B's birthday and everyone really enjoyed it. The whole weekend went off with a hitch - the cottage was absolutely brilliant fantastically equipped for the 11 of us, very spacious with a tennis court / astro pitch in the garden. There is also a summer heated swimming pool. It backed onto the River Yar and provided some spectacular frosty views for us. There is a jetty there too. We are probably going to book it for a summer holiday - I'll post a full portfolio of photos onto Facebook when I have time.



We went out for some lovely walks - one to Yarmouth for dinner at the George and the next day parked at The Needles and walked up Tennison Down and had a look at the monument there. Jamie sprinted most of the way there and back - Rebecca wasn't quite so happy - both of them didn't like the bitter cold. The views were quite spectacular as you can partially see in the photo below.



Came off the ferry to Lymington at 11 and got back home within a couple of hours. Just as well as the snow came down again and caused gridlock absolutely everywhere. I walked to get some milk and the snowstorm was beautiful - the road and everything else was completely white - picture postcard. Even today the journey in to work at Bourne End was quite spectacular with snow hanging on the trees frozen.