Dan's Doins Vol 10

Hello, yes it's us again. Well I did mention in my last post that you wouldn't be hearing from us for a while. I'm afraid May was a very dull month and the beginning of June was not much to write home about (particularly as we forgot to take our camera to St Ives! though the weekend itself was fab - many thanks Sonj & Tim) but then we went on holiday!! Yes we've just returned from a week on the Isle of Wight and three days in Wiltshire and Hampshire. And they were all delightful - despite the sometimes questionable weather.
So here we have (no particular order) Dan in the cottage at Freshwater, Dan at the Garlic Farm, IoW and Dan n me at Salisbury Cathedral ......
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You will note on the picture of him at the cottage that he is sitting on the stairs - he is actually in the process of coming down these stairs; a trick he mastered using the split levels and shallow treads of the cottage.
No pictures of Winchester Cathedral unfortunately as heavy rain and several thunderstorms prevented standing around outside much! But I can confirm that the Cathedral is magnificent and Winchester a very nice city - yes we did manage to get to it. Also no pictures of Stonehenge which we did not make: Why? Well when we went past on the 21s June at midday it was still closed so unable to visit that day. We said, ah well we'll be coming back this way on the 30th so we'll do it then .... except it was raining. We're just gonna have to make a special visit!!

Despite the weather we did have a wonderful time and when the rain stopped the weather was fantastic - not particularly warm so no beaches and shorts but enough to enjoy views like these (taken from the Needles headland)

The shadows on the horizon are the seaside towns of Dorset!