Tuesday 21 June 2011 Set off early today as we had an 11.15am crossing from Yarmouth to Islington on the ferry. We made good time and it was a pretty straight forward trip so we arrived at around 10am. We lined up and the ferry eventually arrived. They have a system here that if you arrive early and there is room for you they let you on. So it was that we made the 10.30am crossing! Rang Stu while we were waiting and it was nice to hear his voice. I expecte...

Monday 20 June 2011 Yesterday the weather was pretty encouraging apart from the cool wind but today loomed drizzly, cold and overcast. We tossed up what to do but decided to head for Ventnor as planned. Ventnor was only a few k’s along the coast and much of the distance was along the top of a cliff. There were occasional glimpses of settlements down by the water but the village itself is perched up high. We found a park and wandered around – found a caf...

Sunday 19 June 2011 Salads were the order of the day last night but we did polish off a nice bottle of red with our meals also. We ate at the Crab, the local hotel and our meals were excellent! We dawdled over dinner enjoying the family atmosphere at the pub. Lots of families out dining with children of all ages it was really buzzing. We think we will go back there tonight because they have Sunday roast and 2 meals for £9.99 – pretty good value. Rang Mum...

Saturday 18 June 2011 Good night’s sleep apart from the pillows – very thin – should have brought our own in out of the car but by the time we thought of it the rain was too heavy. Breakfast was in the basement in a charming art deco room. We were made very welcome by the hostess and the food was lovely. Kev had fruit, walnuts and yoghurt and we both had scrambled eggs – delicious. As it was around 9am we decided to pack up but leave our bags in the ...

17 June 2011 Last night we had dinner with Marie and Damien at Jamie Oliver’s restaurant – great food and atmosphere! After that we wandered around the Covent Garden area and into Soho – there were so many people and so much going on. We ended up at Giraffe where we had yet another bottle of wine and dessert. Tubed home with the hundreds of other commuters going home after dinner, shows etc. Did you know that at Covent Garden tube station there is 192...