Earlier this week we passed Cowes on the Isle of Wight after sunset, and needed to find a camping spot pretty quickly. Luckily, we came across a long crumbling old sea wall, the top of which proved ideal for pitching the tents. This was a great location, enabling us to watch some truly massive container ships chug close past along the Solent at midnight high tide, right from our sleeping bags.
In the morning, we packed up, launched and headed off. Only then did we notice that we’d actually been camped in someone’s garden …
Tonight I fly to Morocco to carry out some vital research for the book, on the rivers of the Sahara Desert … so no blog updates for a week or so.
Enjoy the trip, look forward to all the pictures when you return.
Not just ’someones’ garden, that looks just like Osborne house…….HM the Queens house?!
I have a sneaky feeling that was what Mark was hinting at
I’m a Yorkshireman……I find subtlety difficult.
Remember to bring lots of water. You may need it to paddle in…
It could well be in the estate of Osbourne House, but that isn’t Osbourne House in the photo.
Mark
Its called Norris Castle here is the isleof wight website blurrb
Norris Castle was designed in the Norman style by James Wyatt in the late eighteenth century. The building remains a private home. In 1798, the architect John Nash, began building work on his own future home, East Cowes Castle, where he later entertained the Prince regent and other prominent guests of the era. East Cowes Castle was notable for its Gothic towers and turrets and its elaborate castellation. Nash died in 1835 and was buried in the tower of East Cowes Church which he also designed. Regrettably the Castle designed by Nash was demolished during the 1960s, although the Ice House remains.
enjoy your paddling