tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694505809435969577.post6667250222255791956..comments2023-09-20T11:46:19.647+01:00Comments on M&G Go For A Walk: Brighstone DownGaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648378503343413924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694505809435969577.post-65166805479133444582015-01-28T21:59:20.211+00:002015-01-28T21:59:20.211+00:00Mick's brother, who lives on the island, also ...Mick's brother, who lives on the island, also mentioned the dreadful state of the roads to us. As it went, we didn't find any reason to comment on their quality, although we didn't go down many little lanes (incidentally, it seems the IoW council has recently taken delivery of a huge batch of 6'6" width restriction signs, which they have installed on every little lane on the island) and at least one of the B-roads we travelled had been recently resurfaced. Perhaps, when it comes to perception of road quality, we're helped by the fact that the lanes local to home are in such a dreadful state that seldom do we find any elsewhere that are in a worse state than the ones we drive regularly!<br /><br />The Needles didn't feature on this trip, but we did visit when we were over there in 2010. We would have had plenty of time on that trip to visit these hills too, if only I'd had the forethought to know that in five years time they were going to become of great interest to me!Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648378503343413924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694505809435969577.post-23526371786956281522015-01-25T23:41:23.555+00:002015-01-25T23:41:23.555+00:00Two extracts from my post. Other references may sp...Two extracts from my post. Other references may spoil your second trip - better to find things for yourselves.<br /><br />"By the time I had driven halfway to Ventnor for St Boniface Down (SZ 568 785) I had gained what I am sure will be my most lasting impression of this island - their roads are badly laid with erratically undulating surfaces scattered with serious potholes, and eroded edges with dangerous drop offs. It was like having a prolonged session on a faulty Waltzer at a fairground."<br /><br />"A cross country drive on jarring, perilous lanes took me to Brightstone Down and couple of miles there and back of pleasant heathland walking with skylarks which I have not heard or seen for some time. Unfortunately the Dartford Warblers boasted about on information boards were not apparent."<br /><br />I did them both on the same day as well as viewing the Needles from afar, starting from Headon Warren starting at SZ 329 863 and walking out to the headland rather than paying £4 for the car park below to walk out on a boring looking path.<br />Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com