At the risk of sounding boring, another fab day as we take the short drive north to Cowes and opt for finding parking (free) on the outskirts of East Cowes and walk the mile or so down to the small pebble beach…

The ferry port dominates most of the seafront here and other than a supermarket and large residential area there ins’t much to East Cowes so we wandered back through the town to catch the Floating Bridge chain ferry across to Cowes…

For the princely sum of £1 (or actually if I had checked £1.50 return) you can travel on the ferry across the river Medina into the centre of Cowes, it takes about 5 minutes and the ferry seems to operate continuously back and forth. The main high street is pedestrianised and full of bars, shops etc, not quite as upmarket as I imagined but all the usual suspects – Henry Lloyd, Musto, Fatface etc plus a number of independents made for a nice wander….

The end of the high street leads down onto the promenade passing the Cowes Yacht Club with its decorative row of canons and flagpole….

Just as we were passing they fired the starter which nearly sent Tilly into outer orbit and we covered the next half a mile in super quick time but then I was able to calm her down and we had put sufficient distance between us, we were able to sit for a while on the green above the beach watching the yachts fairly scudding along in the breeze and of course the constant stream of incoming and outgoing ferries….

The beach was a long strip of golden pebbles….

Time to make our way back after a very enjoyable day.

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 18
• Miles walked – 7
• Beaches – 2
• Ferry – £2
• O/N – £17.50