Day 5: Blackgang to Chilton Chine.

This morning we left Carisbrooke at 9:30am and walked down the road to catch the no:6 bus from Newport at 9:50am. We had checked out the bus stop yesterday evening. The bus routes in the area around Carisbrooke are somewhat confusing. The bus sometimes goes out on one road but returns on another one. If you get off the no:X bus at a stop and there is a bus stop  on the other side of the road, nearly opposite, the no:X bus may not stop at it, it may return on a completely different route.

We got off the bus one stop after the amusement park at Blackgang Chine. This was where we finished walking on Thursday evening. It was sunny, with a cool breeze, perfect walking weather. The first photo gives the view looking north over the amusement park to Freshwater Bay.

We walked down to the amusement park and then had to return to the main road to Chale as the path behind the park had fallen into the sea. We eventually found the far end of the path wher the road just ended in free space.

On the main road outside Chale we saw this interesting seat, near the turn off to the pub called the Wight Mouse.

A little further on I took this view looking back towards Chale and Blackgang Chine. It was very busy near Chale as by chance we arrived on the first of two days of their annual show.

The chap in the photo below is called Tony. We met him near Whale Chine, walking down to the beach with his black plastic bag.He said he was going down to the beach to pick up rubbish.He had an interesting theory on how to combat vertigo. His route down to the beach was somewhat precipitous.

The photo below shows Frau Barr heading down into a Chine whose name eludes us. Shepherd's Chine perhaps. I think we had lost the path at this point and we should have gone more inland to cross it where it was narrower.

Although it was sunny, it was quite windy, and there were many paragliders in the air. This is just one of the many.

Having travelled along the coastal route by bus we had come to the conclusion today's walk would be boring. We were wrong. We had a great walk! The sandstone cliffs were quitedramatic and showed how dynamic this part of the coastline was.