Category: 2025
13th April: Hanami at Exbury
Hanami (“flower viewing”) is the term used in Japan for the Cherry Blossom Festival. There are cherry trees dotted around Exbury Gardens including the relatively...
26th April: When Calshot was an Island!
One of those random posts selected for me by Facebook showed John Speed’s map of the Isle of Wight. It appeared that Calshot Castle was...
Exbury: 20th April
It was windy during the week before Easter and I paid a quick visit to Exbury on my way to NCI Stone Point to see...
4th May: Exbury Wisteria
Having had my own “Hanami” at Exbury Gardens my next quest was to see the Wisteria in the Sundial Garden in flower. I had no...
8th May: St Barbe Museum
A random Facebook post alerted me to an exhibition at the St Barbe Museum and Art gallery in Lymington. “Ancient Sites from the Air” is...
9th May: Old Sarum
One of the aerial photos in David R. Abram’s exhibition was of Old Sarum, somewhere I’ve driven past many times but never visited. On the...
21st May: Exbury in (light) rain
The advantage of visiting Exbury Gardens when the weather is poor is that it is so much quieter; at least if you get there before...
24th May: Myth of Malham Race
First held in 1958, the Myth of Malham Race is from Cowes to Eddystone Lighthouse and back to the North Head Buoy, approximately 235nm in...