IOW 4

Slow start today which in the end proved good as the heavy rain hit us as we drove across the island and then again as we where in the gift shop at our final destination.

Again we met up with John, Jenny, Louise & Hamish, this time at Carisbrook Castle.

Main gate you can see the rain 

Sarah the Parliamentarian 

Sarah defending the castle

Hamish looking smart in his working clothes

Looking toward the entrance gate

Part of the great hall

Inside the castle is St Nicholas Chapel which is the Isle of Wight's War Memeorial

Bust of Charles I who was executed in the castle

setting face for the tower clock

Tower clock

Elizabeth was Charles I's Daughter

Detail of model 

St Nicholas Chapel & Great Hall

Donkey Wheel 

Looking down the well

Jim and his career 

Carisbrook Village from the ramparts

Great Hall from the wall walk

Hamish and Louise riding the cannon

The castle wall from the bowling ground

 And to finish some flowers from Princes Beatrice's  Garden