Midhurst Footpath Companions
Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Isle of Wight 12th July 2017

Mary and Barbara, with the help of South West Trains and the ferry, took us to the Isle of Wight for stroll along the front. Coffee stop in the Castle Inn with lunch later in the Boat House after a walk through Puckpool Park. The mysterious tree we saw in the Park has now been identified by Denis (helped by the Head Gardener at Hinton Ampner) as a Foxglove Tree - fast growing and can be invasive. After lunch we travelled further along to visit the Hersey Nature reserve. We saw plenty of the smaller insect life but the birds were not in evidence apart from a Lesser Egret and a few gulls. Our return took us past the Castle Inn again but the cakes were looking tired so we ventured up Ryde  Union Street  to the Bottega bar for a fine cream tea. The catamaran trip back was very smooth and we eventually got back to Petersfield station at around 6.00pm  A nice relaxed day.

Heading home

Staff in the Bottega

Sailors

Six spot burnet moth

Green Veined White

Heading home 3

Gatekeeper butterfly

Inside the bird hide

A result!

This is how to use my camera!

I see no birds

Cream teas

Appley House Folly

Ryde promenade shelter

Ryde walk about 4 miles

Heading home 2

Paulownia Tormentosa - Foxglove Tree

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