Half Term on the Wight

Happy X on the chairlift - Alum Bay Oct 2013

Little D and X on Luccombe Beach

The View from Above - Alum Bay once more.

Pics of our latest visit to The Island. We stayed on the western end of it at Totland, and were in blowing distance of St Jude as it raced through early hours Monday. Our home to be never ceases to amaze and pleasure. We all stepped out on Luccombe beach for the first time - a place only accessible at low(ish) tide now so is an undisturbed gem of a place. Stepping out on the sand, you pass sheer 100 feet sandstone cliffs with little waterfalls cutting through them. The final wasted groynes give way to a sandy beach at the bottom, distant cliff face at the top and a partly concealed woody plateau at about 30 feet. It's the sort of place you wouldn't like to be stuck at dusk, your imagination might conjure up bigfoots, or dinosaurs, or any number of hungry creatures. Quiet, isolated and unnervingly peaceful, with only seagulls and distant boats for company...

As much as our hearts are already island bound already. We need to stay the course. There are schools to consider (primary schools are good, secondary schools not so much). We are undertaking commitments to ensure X gets into the best place at 11 and if we move out now our plans will be for nought. Moving costs a fortune so I'll need to be hitting the bookies for another few months so we have cash for the removals instead of dropping it on a credit card.. patience, Alex, patience..

In D and X news, they both had a wonderful week. X relished the steady stream of treats and fairground-style prizes which came his way. D is proving to be a doughty little thing, she grinned happily throughout our visit to The Needles - dispute the gales that constantly threatened to take her feet out from underneath her. Little D has had chicken pox this week, but has suffered it with surprising good grace.

A.