One last final glimpse of hilidays before school begins on Wednesday. We made it back over to the Isle of Wight - glamping in a yurt. Which means waking up (in a proper bed) to this view in the morning:
It was in the grounds of a hotel, which meant, to my amazement, that your yurt got room service. I kid you not. And we are enormous breakfasts in the hotel each morning (my favourite part of holiday eating). We also got access to this private beach. See - empty (actually it was 8am, so not entirely surprising).
We discovered (thanks to Artemis) a new haunt called Steephill Cove, where you can eat the most amazing crab pasties.
But wandering in some of the beautiful gardens on the island, it became clear that summer is at an end. Time to move forward into the Autumn.
Yes, it's time, isn't it? A definite coolness in the mornings, and some of the leaves are turning up here. Your trip sounds and looks heavenly, a last hurrah for summer 2011!
Posted by: domestikate | 04 September 2011 at 15:50
Steephill Cove looks wonderful. I like the 'art installation', did you add anything to it?
Posted by: Thrifty Household | 04 September 2011 at 17:56
Looks like a little piece of heaven as does the sound of crab pasties yumm
Posted by: periwinkle | 04 September 2011 at 18:20
My mouth is watering at the thought of crab pasties!
There's no doubting that autumn is upon us here in North Wales. So many folk seem to be lamenting summer's end just now, but I'm with you on going forward into the new season ... it will bring it's own joys and riches :)
Posted by: Annie | 04 September 2011 at 19:48
Oh the Isle of Wight is so full of nostalgia for me. My then-boyfriend (now husband) used to live there and I used to schlep down there on the train every other weekend, and it always felt like a holiday. In fact, maybe we should actually go there on holiday next year...
Posted by: Jo @ a life in lists | 04 September 2011 at 20:05
It's such a great place to visit, Steephill Cove had a very high tide when we were there with the waves crashing wonderfully on the rocks.
Posted by: French Knots | 04 September 2011 at 21:32
Wow. You had me at 'glamping'. I'm not sure our tenty holidays will ever seem the same!
Posted by: Tania | 05 September 2011 at 02:23
It doesn't get better than sleeping in a yurt! I want one to live in, actually. I may be having a mid-life crisis...
When I go to the Isle of Wight again (I haven't been since I was a child) I want to stay in one of the Airstreams there. One day I will.
Posted by: Dragonfly | 05 September 2011 at 07:42
Oooh makes me want to go on holiday...!
Posted by: Petit Filoux | 05 September 2011 at 08:46
A yurt! A real bed! Oooh!
We're back to school tomorrow. Bang on time, the sun has come out. It's as if it knows.
Posted by: dottycookie | 05 September 2011 at 09:22
Your trip sounds and looks heavenly, a last hurrah for summer 2011! My mouth is watering at the thought of crab pasties!
Posted by: Affordable Medical Insurance | 05 September 2011 at 10:18
Oh that looks wonderful and room service! I wonder if I could persuade the other half??
Nina x
Posted by: Nina - Tabiboo | 05 September 2011 at 14:02
Never fancied camping. But glamping with room service and a sky view? Bliss. Cx
Posted by: noknittedknickers | 05 September 2011 at 14:10
glamping with room service sounds pretty good to me!!
Posted by: Monica | 05 September 2011 at 17:02
I do love the Isle of Wight - I have very sweet memories of visiting it when I was 7 years old. It looks like you enjoyed the last good week of summer. It was nice in Cornwall too. It was great to squeeze out the last bit of a rather dull summer. x
Posted by: PinkCatJo | 05 September 2011 at 21:01
Please could you let me know where abouts you stayed in the Isle of White - its somewhere we have been thinking of - thanks, Ali.
Posted by: ali.b. | 06 September 2011 at 13:21
I had to look up what a yurt was... but it looks like you had a fabulous holiday! How did you manage to finish the huge hotel breakfast and be at the beach by 8am??
Posted by: Handmade in Israel | 06 September 2011 at 16:22
I'm going to have to make sure we return to the Island next summer. We have no excuse as the ferry terminal is a ten minute drive from home but we've only managed it once in 13 years.
Steephill Cove looks and sounds lovely and glamping with room service is a definite improvement on our tent!
We've just come in from our local country park (complete with views of the Island) and there was a very chilly Autumn breeze this evening. I even got my winter boots out today!
x
Posted by: Lesley | 06 September 2011 at 20:58
I fancy this yurt business. I really do. Breakfast was brought to you? Oh yes. What an inspired choice of holiday!
Posted by: Emma (silverpebble) | 06 September 2011 at 22:11