Starting at Mottistone Manor (NT)

past the Longstone (St Catherine and the Devil had a competition to see who could throw the largest stone - St Catherine won! Actually  a lump of ironstone, the remains of a Neolithic barrow)

over the Downs with views

reaching the Needles

and ending at Alum Bay with its coloured sands (and tourists!)

A good day for the Island. 

Slightly off-topic, I clearly remember my Dad taking us to see the wreck of the Varvassi off the Needles when I was a few years old.

Not much left by then but the engines were visible in the clear water. Still there today.

https://www.berthoninternational.com/about-berthon-international/berthon-publications/berthon-magazine/wrecking-of-the-varvassi/ 

Oh and the coloured sands. I used to have a collection of them, I collected. Not encouraged today of course.

Great i. I go to the Isle of Wight nearly every year , just a day trip , love the walk on Tennyson Down with the sea on both sides . Shame parts of the Island are getting so run down. I would sooner holiday there than many foreign destinations. People forget what is on their doorstep.

I'll add something. The founders of Sunseeker lived in New Milton and the wife was a keen pottery hobbyist like me.

Anyway, at one of their summer BBQ's it turned out their favourite holiday was to take a boat across to the Island and cycle round the place. No foreign trips. This place was their ideal holiday location. They knew what was literally on their doorstep and could visit any place on the planet is they wanted to. But they didn't, unless it was for work or a cameo film role.

Have you been to Bournemouth recently? That's become run down and dangerous even.

I've cycled from Chichester to Christchurch (visiting family) across the Isle of Wight, taking a ferry on to the island at Portsmouth and a ferry off at Lymington. A nice ride - but that was 20 years ago.

Bournemouth has gone way downhill, dont go very often now although when i was out courting we often went there on a Sunday . Used to be 3 Cinemas ,an Ice Rink , a Wimpy😄.

 It was pretty safe back then but i would not let a girl walk alone in some parts now. 

The cinemas in Westover Road, Ice Rink/Ice Follies and the Lower Pleasure Gardens as opposed the Upper Ones. Now of course the word 'Pleasure' has been removed by the Council, perhaps in a failed attempt to bring back the gentility of the area.  Bill Bryson who once lived in Bournemouth had fun writing about that in Notes From a Small Island. He was an editor at the Bournemouth Echo.

My daughter had three uni offers. One in Bournemouth. She turned down Bournemouth because of the current poor reputation of the town.

It's sadly really gone downhill, like much of the rest of the conurbation.  As some wit pointed out, on a hot day, the sea is full of wee.