Monday 29 September 2014

Seaview and Ryde IOW

There's always something nice about visiting different places, or in our case Re-visiting the Isle of Wight.  Needless to say we always head for a beach and this is Seaview, which faces north east and is near Ryde. 

Thanks to Wikipedia, here's a bit of information about the place:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaview,_Isle_of_Wight    (highlight>right click>Open Link)



and zooming in....

there were some large steels being removed


and how to you remove heavy steels....watch the orange digger. sorry it's only a short clip and through the wire which separated the pathway from the work.




Then on to Ryde.  Quite a hilly places, and a sit down was welcome.  It always pays to look Up....


check out the statues on the top of that building...


and the inevitable sketch...


For some reason I always think of the Beetles song 'Ticket to Ride' when we're in Ryde!  I remember years ago there used to be a Play on Words with the places on the Isle of Wight....

There were  postcards with it on but I couldn't find them this time - perhaps they no longer do them, but it was something like....

Ryde - Where you walk
Needles - You cannot thread
Cowes - You don't milk









14 comments:

Cris, Oregon Artist said...

Oh a shame you didn't get the postcards when you first saw them. Old postcards are so charming. You got some great pix. Nice sketch. Thainks for sharing your trip with us. :)

CJ Kennedy said...

The rocky beach reminds me of some of the beaches in the state of Maine. Love the surprise of art at the top of the buildings.

Christine said...

lovely sketch! Nice to see Ryde.

robin cox walsh said...

Such a quaint looking town. Thanks for taking me along..... ;)

Eileen H said...

Looks like the beach was out of bounds, if so what a disappointment for William.
Yes, I think I'd be singing I've got a ticket to Ryde :)

ann @ studiohyde said...

I know, hindsight is a wonderful thing :-)

ann @ studiohyde said...

Yes, it's very rocky, so different from our beach at home.

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Christine :-)

ann @ studiohyde said...

A lot of interesting shops there, individual not just chain store ones.

ann @ studiohyde said...

It's okay, they allow dogs, I just didn't add William's picture in this post. He had a good run around and met a swan!!! (It must have been on holiday too) lol.

Jane said...

I have been to Isle of Wight a few times and I remember the hilly roads and the great views , a beautiful place o visit !

ann @ studiohyde said...

Hope this brought back some good memories for you Jane. The Island is very pretty.

Shammickite said...

I think I have a tea towel with those slogans on it!

ann @ studiohyde said...

How brilliant! I love the play on words :-)