Waverley on the South Coast Part 6

Report by Martin Longhurst

Light winds and pleasant skies accompanied the paddler on Saturday 9 September 2006 as she circumnavigated England's Garden Isle in a clockwise direction, all set off by an expert commentary by Chris Phillips.

Approaching Cowes from Yarmouth we encountered this monstrous beastie ...

... inbound for Southampton

St Catherine's Lighthouse at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight

Scratchell's Bay - only accessible by sea

Needles you can't thread

Paddling back to Pompey

Unusual smoke effect

Off for a run ashore at Southampton (the crew anyway)

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