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Gardener and keyboard musician. Enjoy Real Ale, and member of CAMRA. Also enjoy being out on the coast, collecting fossils, taking photos, or just walking!

Isle of Wight, UK
Joined April 2010
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Freshwater Bay looking lovely in the morning sunshine today. #freshwaterbay #isleofwight
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The most incredible sunset I’ve ever seen at Freshwater Bay this evening while at The Travelling Tavern. #isleofwight
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A fantastic sunset this evening at Totland Bay! One of the best I’ve seen for a long time!! #isleofwight – at Totland, England
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A nice walk up to Newclose cricket ground along the River Medina yesterday afternoon. Some welcome shade from the relentless sun. #isleofwight
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Rather blowy in Brighstone Bay this afternoon! I did still manage to find a nice dinosaur vertebra!! #isleofwight
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Brighstone Forest. A few pics I took on a short yesterday evening. #isleofwight
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This weekend, Totland Bay, The Highdown Inn Beer Festival! 3rd to 5th July. #realale #beer #isleofwight
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A few pics taken yesterday along the Back o’ the Wight. New steps at Chilton Chine; Brighstone Bay; Barnes High; Atherfield Bay. #isleofwight
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Visited this great underground bar/cafe in Ryde last week. What a real gem this is! A combination of museum (no admission fees), collectables for sale, Real Ales, craft beers, and coffee shop!! Themed seating areas creating a lovely, cosy atmosphere. The Smugglers CAT. #realale
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Views of Freshwater Bay this morning. The new lifeboat station is coming on well, and the Sea Thrift is still looking good. #freshwaterbay #isleofwight
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On now! Ale Festival at the Sportsman’s Rest, Porchfield. #realale #isleofwight
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Churchill Chine, Brook. Photos taken this afternoon. #isleofwight
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Low tide at Brighstone Bay today. Also the developing new sea stack, which is now becoming an arch! #brighstone #isleofwight
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Wishing all my friends and followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Stunning displays of Christmas lights. Around the island: Ash Lane, Goldcrest Close, Meadow Close, Bannock Road. #isleofwight
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Last of the autumn colour. Longhalves and Stroud Coppice, Freshwater. Photos taken last Monday. I suspect today’s wild weather will finish it off! #freshwater #isleofwight
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Stormy conditions at Freshwater Bay this morning. #freshwaterbay #isleofwight
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Bouldnor, Yarmouth, and Freshwater. A few photos I took earlier this week. #isleofwight
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The Perna Bed at Atherfield Point, and some of the fossil oysters and coral embedded in the hard sandstone rock. The best way to collect is simply to look for loose specimens on the beach rather than using a hammer! #isleofwight
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Autumn colour in Parkhurst Forest. #isleofwight
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Autumn colours at Freshwater. I even came across some wild hops on my walk through Afton Marsh and along the old railway line. #freshwater #isleofwight
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