Last Day in March!

Gosh how did the end of March get here so quickly?  

I left for my walk before breakfast this morning.  Normally I like to eat breakfast first, but I thought I would try an earlier time for my walk.

Through the woods I go, an old stone wall, the remains of what would once have been a park wall I believe.

Who you looking at?

A waterfall, albeit a small one...

and another...the track to the beach is getting worn away by the water.

Fossils in the rocks.

Shadow

The bay to myself, it was bliss.

The blue of the sea against the blue sky of the morning, just fabulous.

2.5 miles walked today.  

I've walked approximately 63 miles this month.

I've been on the IOW 8 weeks today!

In the garden this afternoon I attacked a new patch of ground.

Before

After.  I will dig this over again.  I am not sure what I am going to plant here yet.  Might be parsnips, I am not sure.  I wish I had some boards to border the garden, but no wood was left here, just old carpet! lol  Could have done with some boards of wood being left, or even stakes would have been good.  Hard work!  Was pleased when I finished.  

It has been another really lovely sunny day.  Just a patch of cloud in the middle of the day when it looked like it might not be so nice, but then the sun came back out again.  

Tuesday Afternoon Coastal Walk.

I went for a rather invigorating walk this afternoon.  I think it was actually one of the coldest walks I have done ironically when you think we have had various storms etc the last few weeks.  My hands actually got very cold and I wished I'd worn my gloves!  Quite a contrast to this morning when it was relatively mild.

I decided to go down to the local bay, and passed these sheep along the way.

I think I found a badger sett.

Down in the bay.

I sat and listened to the tide rolling in for a while.

I decided to walk back along the coastal path.

St Catherine's lighthouse in the distance.

I haven't walked that way yet, so might do that next time I walk down to this bay.

The coastal path is slipping away.  I hope it doesn't completely go.

It doesn't look very steep in this photo, but was steeper than it looks.

Looking back at the cliff which is where I walked the other day.

Another badger sett I wonder?

What remains of the old Royal Air Force radar station and bunkers that protected the south coast during the war.

Looking back from whence I came

Looking forward to where I am headed.

I am glad I went out for the walk, although cold it was an enjoyable  hour and a half and almost three miles.

Walking: Coastal Path

After working hard in the garden Monday morning I decided to go for a walk along the coastal path in the afternoon.  It was overcast, but I was hopeful the rain would stay away.  Of course as was typical when I got to Steephill Cove the rain started, and I had to walk home an hour in the rain, to say I looked like a drenched rat was probably an understatement!  But it was a good walk and I enjoyed myself.  I dried off and lit the fire and soon warmed up.

Coastal erosion.  

One of the bays I walked down, that I hadn't been down to before.

Old machinery - for some kind of lift I wonder?

Walking along the beach, all to myself.

Water running down the bank.

I hadn't been down to Orchard Bay before either so went down.

The rocks were very slippery though so not easy to get down there once you left the wooden steps.

A house with a view for sure!  Not sure I'd want to live that close to the elements. 

Fossil?

Shells amongst the pebbles.

More fossils?

I'm pretty sure this was an ammonite - hasn't photographed especially well, but it certainly felt like one.

The old incinerator from the days of The Royal National Hospital.

Hop growing.

It will be interesting to see the difference later on in the year.

This was the last photo I took as by the time I got down to  Steephill Cove it had started to rain and I didn't want to get my camera out and get it wet.