Appuldurcombe House

The sun was out when when got up this morning, and it turned out to be a lovely warm sunny day.

We decided to drive the 3 and a half miles to Appuldurcombe house. Once the grandest house on the Isle of Wight, the 18th century baroque country home of the Worsley family is now just a shell. The 11 acres grounds were designed by capability Brown. It is also the Home of the Isle of Wight Owl and Faconry Centre, and a bit of a haven for wildlife. We did catch site of a red squirrel in the trees, but bt the time I had the camera out it was gone.



After a drive through the picturesque chocolate box village of Godshill we decided to head for the Medina Quay Table Table restaurant in Newport for tea so we could spend the vouchers bought as a Christmas present by Maddy's brother Martin and his wife Jackie.

On the way back to the caravan we called in at Ryde for a look at the hovercraft's.