Easter 09 Adventure - Day 3

More brief notes (re Easter Saturday, 11 April 09): • After breakfast & check-out, we went back to the Needles, walked out to them and visited the Old Battery at the end of the point. From there, we could look back at the famous multi-coloured sand cliffs from which children make layered sand bottles. • We made the ferry journey back to the island – this time enjoying the strong hydraulics that moved us and a whole layer of cars up in the air to allow another level to load. • We snaked our way gradually west, avoiding the coast. Some jotted memories about that day: • seeing a deer bouncing off through a paddock when we turned off a road so Dwayne could take a photo • foals, lambs, calves, baby rabbits • the humble pride of the man who ran the shop where we bought some delish coffee and pasta • Yellow fields of rapeseed(?) • Cabbage, bacon, walnut pasta for dinner – at Litton Cheney YHA • Funny manager at YHA who Dwayne thought lacked personal boundaries since he did someone else’s puzzle ☺ • driving after dinner (Dwayne teaching me to drive a manual - aahh!) to the coast at Abbotsbury and walking down to the beach past a farmhouse where I was just a bit concerned they’d shoot us! Fortunately we were in friendly England with all things walker-friendly. The sunset was tranquil and beautiful, drawing the light out until after 9pm...