IOW 9

So today we visited Godshilll its one of the tourist hotspots but was decidedly quiet today. The village gets its name, apparently because when they started building the church on a site in the High Street over night the stone would be miraculously transported to the top of the hill where the parish church sits today. Lunch in The Essex then a visit to the model village, all the buildings are 1/10th scale replicas of properties in Godshill and Shanklin.

The Griffin

and the real thing

The Old Rectory & The Essex

The model of the Parish Church with the original behind

How many churches? answer tomorrow

visitors in the model of the model village

Shanklin Chine from the sea {top right is the Chine Inn}

Bowles match in Old Shanklin

St Blasius Shanklin with Mike

Entrance to Shanklin Chine

remember the stone bridge from Friday??

Sarah replicating a photo from her childhood

and the model within the model but no Sarah!!

Santa holidaying in Shanklin