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Unfortunately the photographer didn’t record which vessel this was but it is either Wight Ryder I or Wight Ryder II on the 20:20 Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier sailing. The Sun is setting on a hot day and the Solent is a perfect calm.© Fuggletim
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MV Victoria of Wight and MV St Clare
Fuggletim posted a gallery image in Ships, boats and life at sea
The MV Victoria of Wight sailing from Fishbourne to Portsmouth Gunwharf meets Wightlink Sister MV St Clare on the reverse sailing. The setting Sun, the perfect calm and the massive Fawley Oil Refinery to the right of MV St Clare provide the backdrop.© Fuggletim
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The sun sets on a hot mid summer’s day at Portsmouth Harbour creating a wonderful scenic photograph of preserved HMS Warrior. The author was travelling for work on the Isle of Wight the following day with the usual 2 x hour journey taking nearly 5 and a half hours due to substantial issues on the trains!
© Fuggletim
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A wonderfully atmospheric view in the Spring sunshine of Ryde Esplanade where Class 484 has just arrived from Ryde Pier Head. In the background can be seen the landmark “All Saints” Church.
© Fuggletim
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Class 484 004 approaches Yarbridge (about 1/4 mile South of Brading) on its way to Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.
© Tim Penycate
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Class 484 004 has departed Brading on the Isle of Wight’s Island Line on its way to Shanklin. The double track reduces down to a single track. This picture was taken from the Barnes Crossing where a public footpath crosses the railway, in case anyone thinks I was trespassing! 😄
© Tim Penycate
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The Sun is briefly caught below the clouds as it sets over Gosport
© Tim Penycate
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Another view of the storm clouds across the Solent showing some of the shipping activity to and from the Isle of Wight.
© Tim Penycate
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Looking across the Solent from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight, the heavy storm clouds gather.
© Tim Penycate
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This picture was taken at 21:43 hrs and it is a night shot. This can be seen by looking at the illuminated neon signs of the “New Village Inn” on the left of the picture. This photo captures a bright flash of lightning which temporarily turns the night into day!
© Tim Penycate
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The Red Squirrel Trail is a cycleway and footpath on the Isle of Wight. Between Shanklin and Wroxall the path follows the old railway (which closed in 1966) before diverting away. Sadly the remaining old railway route onto the terminus in Ventnor is largely inaccessible and/or built over.
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Looking towards the town of Gosport from the Round Tower beach in Portsmouth (at the Harbour mouth) the Sun is setting putting the old Diving Tower into silhouette. The Isle of Wight and Haslar Hospital can be seen in the background.
© Tim Penycate
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Gunwharf is a former naval facility in Portsmouth which has been rebuilt as a shopping and recreational centre. The Spinnaker Tower is an iconic sight along the South Coast and here we see the Sunset silhouetting both the tower and one of the original naval cranes.
© Tim Penycate
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On the Red Squirrel Trail just outside Shanklin, a long disused Fogman’s Hut stands on the approach to Shanklin where the “Distant” Signal would have stood. In foggy weather, the Fogman would place an audible explosive device called a “Detonator” on the rails to warn the Driver of a train they were approaching a “Stop Signal.” This type of regulation ceased on the British railway network many years ago, but there are many of these old huts still standing!
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The site of Wroxall Station between Shanklin and Ventnor was closed in 1966 and the railway lifted. All that remains now the bridge carrying Castle Street over the old railway and part of the Station buildings (not seen and behind the photographer).
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Under an old bridge on the Red Squirrel Trail, two old “Chairs” that once held rails onto sleeper now rust away in silence.
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Taken from Bembridge Fort on Culver Down on the Isle of Wight, the Sunset and its dramatic rays are seen out to the West of the Island.
© Tim Penycate
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HMS Queen Elizabeth, one of the UK Royal Navy’s 2 x Aircraft Carriers moves gently through the Solent past her home port of Portsmouth to carry out sea trials off the Isle of Wight in the English Channel.
© Tim Penycate
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Shortly before Sunrise, the sea of the English Channel looks a beautiful and dramatic calm.
© Tim Penycate
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It’s 06:35 and the Sun has just peeped over the English Channel. The view is from Shanklin Chine at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.
© Tim Penycate
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Moving down onto the Esplanade on Shanklin Seafront, the Sun has now climbed higher on a beautiful morning. Sadly the beautiful morning didn’t last as heavy rain and thunder became the prevailing conditions later in the day!
© Tim Penycate
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The English Channel from Blackgang Chine
Fuggletim posted a gallery image in Landscapes and seascapes
A very stormy day with a Gale Force 8 wind blowing in off the English Channel (the photographer had real issues standing in the wind and stabilising the camera!) in this view above Blackgang Chine looking across to The Needles on the far Western tip Isle of Wight.© Tim Penycate
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Hunslet Tank Engine Number 98 “Royal Engineer” has arrived from Wooton at Smallbrook Junction. It has now run round its train and is awaiting the Signal to draw forward and then shunt back to return and couple to its train in the platform. This is on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway! The weather looks nice, but the wind was unseasonably cold for July 2024 with several heavy rain showers rattling through during the day!
© Tim Penycate
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Taken from Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight, a spring time hazy Sunset.
© Tim Penycate
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A Island Line Class 484 Unit pulls away from Ryde St John’s Road into the approaching rain on its way to Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.
© Tim Penycate
