**Cowes week snippets**

Hello there - Cowes week has arrived on the Isle of Wight (or we should say Cowes two weeks).  The first week is called dingy week and then the real stuff takes place during Cowes week.  We caught the bus to Cowes last Sunday which was the start of it (too much traffic and nowhere to park) so easier on the bus

We wandered up through the town on our way to the sea and these banners were draped across all the shop walls and were blowing in the breeze

This plaque is on the sea wall as we are now down on the seafront

 

 

 

 

The red jet going to drop off and pick up passengers to take back to Southampton

 

 

Blue funnel ferry to and from Southampton at a steady sedate pace

 

 

These little cannons start the races

 

 

 

 

The red funnel car ferry leaving from East Cowes and going to Southampton

 

 

The race is on

 

 

Got him!!!!

 

 

Look at the fourth boat

 

 

 

I wasn't the only one snapping these boats - and I was snapping him too!!

 

 

A little ornate non working drinking fountain

 

 

Gateway to the Royal Yacht Squadron - I asked the guy just to the left of the photograph if I could take a photo of the building and he said "you shouldn't really, but go on"

 

 

 

 

Isn't it beautiful??

 

 

Eight foot high fence all the way round it

 

 

This post box is outside of the RYS and was taped up for security reasons!!!

 

 

OOOOOooohhh look I snapped me and all the boats behind me whilst snapping this sign

 

 

We wandered back into town to catch the bus home and I spotted this sign on the wall

 

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

The site of Cowes Railway Station - 1867-1966

Recording the Island's Railway History

 

 

Isle of Wight Steam Railway sign on the side of this building!!!!

 

 

Cowes is one of the seven wonders of the Isle of Wight

Cowes you cannot milk!

 

 

Out of the bus window going home - beautiful.

 

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At our weekly Parkrun on a Saturday morning we have our barcodes and finish position tokens scanned by little machines that are temperamental and don't work when the weather is cold.  Once they are scanned our results are downloaded and published for us. I have started making "scanner pockets" to hand out to visitors to our parkrun to take back to their home parkruns to keep their scanners warm and working - here are a few that I have made this week.

 

 

I've done a few rows of this WIP cosy blanket

 

 

This has to be made up into bunting - I'll go get on that then.

 

Thanks for popping by

 

Xx Joy Xx

 

PS

 

 

I showed you this photo the other day - have you guessed what it is yet?

 

 

This also goes with the above photo - all will be revealed very soon

 

ttfn x