Yep the weather gods are still with us as today we take a short drive to the National Trust car park at St Helen’s. Surprisingly we find plenty of space to park the van safely as we wander over the low dunes to The Duver Beach a mix of sand and shingle narrow strip of beach with beautiful clear and calm aquamarine sea….

Across the entrance to Bembridge Harbour is another strip of sand and shingle beach – Bembridge Harbour Beach, a rather long walk around though, so we satisfy ourselves with the distant view…

Turning back on ourselves we wander along the beach hut backed St Helen’s Beach which is busy on this glorious Saturday afternoon….

At the far end of the beach is this rather striking ruin of the original St Helen’s church?….

Here the coastal path heads inland a bit around a couple of private estates and a large holiday park running through fields at first and then fortunately a tree lined (shady) pathway….

After a mile and a half we arrive in the small seaside village of Seaview (aptly named) and down onto Seagrove Beach a fairly busy but very small strip of sand and shingle….

From here we followed the original coastal path which is closed off at some point between here and St Helens, hence the inland walk but is still open to reach the delightful Priory Beach….

There are lots of craft out in the bay enjoying the fine conditions and we sat in the shade just sea watching before making our way back to the van. We had planned to continue on around to Bembridge but it is really too warm to consider walking any further so that can be tomorrow’s outing.

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 22
• Miles walked – 5
• Beaches – 4
• O/N – £17.50