Isle Of Wight Festival Tapestries

A digitally produced sketch from my original photograph of a hovercraft leaving the beach at Southsea, Hampshire on England's south coast during late afternoon. It speeds foot passengers over the Solent to Ryde in about 10 minutes. The service started in 1965 and iIt's now believed to be unique in Western Europe.

The Needles,on the Isle of Wight stretch out into the distance.

Beach and shoreline with rough sea and breaking waves in stormy weather at Hanover Point, Compton Bay, near Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, southern England. The white chalk cliffs of Tennyson Down are behind.

Beach and shoreline with rough sea and breaking waves in stormy weather at Hanover Point, Compton Bay, near Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. The chalk cliffs of Tennyson Down are behind.

Breaking waves and surf in the rough sea off Hanover Point, Compton Bay in the Isle of Wight during bad weather with storm force heavy winds

A sailing barge heading into Portsmouth Harbour. The image was captured from the Southsea end of Portsmouth, looking out on to Spithead. In the background are the hills of the Isle of Wight with yachts and a car ferry. These barges are more commonly seen in the Thames estuary and East Anglia area where they were once the local freight carriers.

A section of red brick wall that now lives on a beach on the south side of the Isle of Wight.

Beach and shoreline with rough sea and breaking waves in stormy weather at Hanover Point, Compton Bay, near Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. The chalk cliffs of Tennyson Down are behind.

Solent Express Number of views as of 9th October 2018 = 1000. Pictured departing from Ryde on the Isle of Wight on its way across the Solent to Southsea, this is Hovertravel's BHT130 "Solent Express" hovercraft. Introduced in 2007, the Solent Express carries 130 passengers, is diesel-powered, and makes the crossing in just under 9 minutes, at least 13 minutes faster than its closest competitor. The Ryde-Southsea link is one of only two scheduled, year-round hovercraft services in the world and is certainly the longest running service, having been introduced in 1965. Cambridge University graduate Sir Christopher Cockerell is credited with the invention of the hovercraft. His prototype SR-N1 craft made the first English Channel crossing fr...

Hampshire County Flag - England

South Isle of Wight sunset - Compton Bay to be more precise!

Breaking waves and surf in the rough sea off Hanover Point, Compton Bay in the Isle of Wight during bad weather with storm force heavy winds

Breaking waves and surf in the rough sea off Hanover Point, Compton Bay in the Isle of Wight during bad weather with storm force heavy winds

Golden Horseshoe Rutland County Flag - England

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Looking down from above to the beach at Alum bay, Isle of Wight, U.K. on a calm summer's day.

Hengistbury Head, Christmas Day 2014 Number of views as of 8th April 2018 = 700. Hengistbury Head at the eastern end of Poole Bay shelters Christchurch Harbour from the prevailing westerly winds. The remains of both Stone Age and Iron Age settlements provide evidence that the Head has been inhabited on and off for over 12,500 years. In more recent times, 18th & 19th century smugglers landed their cargoes on the beach, and there’s even the remains of a Victorian quarry and port. Modern amenities include a large car park, popular cafe, and a golf course, not to mention the brightly coloured “Noddy” train, a favourite with children and adults alike. The Head is also a haven for bird life, insects, butterflies and reptiles. This view of Heng...

Setting Sun on a beach on the south side of the Isle of Wight.

Scratchell's Bay, Isle of Wight Number of views as of 9th May 2018 = 390. Situated just South East of The Needles and facing the English Channel, the name Scratchell's Bay is thought to come from one of many names for the Devil. There is no way down to the shingle beach from the cliff top, it can only be reached by boat. The bay has been the site of many shipwrecks, including that of the Irex in 1890. The Irex was a new full-rigged sailing ship, bound from Glasgow to Rio de Janeiro with a cargo of iron pipes. After being battered by storms for 20 days, first in the Irish Sea and then in the Bay of Biscay and with some of the crew injured and a shifted cargo, the captain decided to seek shelter. The weather was still bad when the ship nea...

Multi coloured sands at Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight.

One of the groyne markers on the beach between Branksome Chine, Poole and Alum Chine, Bournemouth on the Dorset coast. On the horizon, you can see the white cliffs of Alum Bay and The Needles on the Isle of Wight.

Storm over the Needles Number of views as of 9th June 2019 = 590. A view from Southbourne beach, east of Bournemouth (Dorset, England) with some threatening weather lurking over the Needles on the Isle of Wight. Date: 23rd March 2008.

Ventnor Beach, Isle Of Wight Number of views as of 20th November 2018 = 930. A warm, sunny day at the end of October in the seaside town of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. British weather at its unpredictable best! Situated in the Solent off the south coast of England, the Isle of Wight is 23 miles long by 13 miles wide and has 60 miles of largely unspoilt coastline from the The Needles in the west to Bembridge in the east. Ventnor faces south-east and is sheltered by the land mass of St Boniface down, the highest point on the island at 787 feet. Ventnor's Museum of Smuggling History was opened in 1973 with the help of the local council. It features 700 years of smuggling methods and artefacts and life sized models of personalities from th...

St Catherine's Trilogy - Part 2 Number of views as of 11th June 2019 = 3240. St. Catherine's Oratory, a mediaeval lighthouse on St. Catherine's Hill on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. In February 1314, Walter de Godeton was put on trial in Southampton before an Island jury for the theft of wine from a shipwreck in Chale Bay the previous year. He was found guilty and fined 287 marks. However, as the wine was bound for the monastery of Livers in Picardy, de Godeton was also tried by Church courts for the same offence. The Church threatened to excommunicate de Godeton unless he built a lighthouse near Chale Bay. There was already an oratory on the top of the hill, dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria. This was augmented by the con...

St Catherine's Trilogy - Part 3 Number of views as of 11th March 2018 = 2950. The sun sets behind St. Catherine's Oratory, a mediaeval lighthouse, built on St. Catherine's Hill on the south coast of the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. Actually, the site is too frequently shrouded in fog to be useful as a lighthouse. The current lighthouse, constructed after the 1837 wreck of the Clarendon, was built much closer to sea level. Date: 29th October 2009. Click here to see Parts 1 & 2.

St Catherine's Trilogy - Part 1 Number of views as of 31st May 2019 = 2975. Known locally as the "Pepperpot", St. Catherine's Oratory is a mediaeval lighthouse on St. Catherine's Hill on the southern coast of the Isle of Wight. It was built by Walter de Godeton, Lord of Chale, as an act of penance for plundering wine from the shipwreck St. Marie of Bayonne in Chale Bay on April 20th, 1313 A.D. The lighthouse is a stone structure 4 stories high, octagonal on the outside and four-sided on the inside. Date: 29th October 2009. Click here to see Part 2.

Alum Bay, Isle of Wight Number of views as of 25th February 2018 = 650. A two shot stitch taken from the public footpath leading to the Needles Old Battery, and featuring the coloured sand cliffs of Alum Bay and the heather-clad downland of Headon Warren behind. If you look closely, you can see the boat which runs trips to view the Needles, and the chair lift from The Needles Park "tourist attraction" down to the beach. Date: 27th October 2009. Panorama shots look great as Canvas Prints:

*Alum Bay, Isle of Wight* Number of views as of 23rd March 2018 = 4210. Number of sales as of 23rd March 2018 = 3. Alum Bay on the western shores of the Isle of Wight is famous for its multi-coloured cliffs of sand and clay. A chair lift carries visitors down to the beach where boat trips run to view "The Needles":http://www.redbubble.com/people/redhilldigital/art/4079082-2-seventh-wonder. The Needles Park on the cliff top is a small amusement park where you can watch glass-blowing, sweet-making and make your own souvenirs filled with coloured sand collected from natural cliff falls throughout the year. For a good view of The Needles, it's worth the walk to The Needles Old Battery, a 19th century fortress. Date: 27th...

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