Αξιοθέατα και μέρη για επίσκεψη Νήσος Γουάιτ - Top 20

Whether you are mountain biking or walking this is a great place to be. We did all the Red Squirrel trail and found lots of places to stop off for something to eat. I did 3 video's last year. Isle of Wight Red Squirrel Trail parts 1, 2 and 3. My You tube channel is TrevorMcCardleMTB and it is dedicated to Mountain Biking in the UK and Spain. Have fun

I regularly ride around the Isle of Wight once a year, and can recommend both the Military Road and the inland route taken by the "blue and white flags". In the warmer months of the year (April to October), I would suggest going on a weekday, when there is less holiday traffic.

Wonderful walk on the cliffs overlooking the sea, wonderful walk

Great view across to the castle as you cycle

These old windmills are the best proof that people were clever enough a number of centuries ago - long before the discovery of electricity and the inventions that resulted from it - to harness the power of the elements for their own purposes: no human or animal muscle power is required for the grinding process, but the wind captured by the wings is enough to drive the heavy millstones and thus, for example, to grind flour from grain (grain mills) or to press oil from olives (oil mills). Unfortunately, they are often only technical and historical evidence of a long tradition of craftsmanship, because most of the old mills have been abandoned over time.

Nowadays, only a few of them are still in operation in their original function, but are often just technical-historical monuments to a long tradition of craftsmanship: the heavy millstones inside were moved using the power of the wind as the driving force, for example to grind grain into flour (so-called grain mills) or to press oil from fruits (e.g. olives) (so-called oil mills). These old windmills are therefore the best proof that people were clever enough to harness the power of the wind a number of centuries ago - long before the discovery of electricity and the inventions that followed.

This hiking trail on the Isle of Wight was named after Alfred Lord TENNYSON, a prominent poet of the 19th century (born 1809, died 1892). His literary work was so enthusiastically received by the public that Queen Victoria knighted him - making him the 1st Baron Tennyson - and he was given the honorary office of 'Poet Laureate'. His influence on later literature is evident, for example, in the fact that the 'Queen of Crime', Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (Lady Mallowan), takes up his work "The Lady of Shalott" in one of her crime novels: "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side". Not only is the title a quote from that work, but Miss Jane Marple is also reminded of the "Lady of Shalott" several times in the story and quotes from it.

With Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, (or Alfred Lord Tennyson), to whom this monument is dedicated, we go back in time to the middle of the 19th century, because the poet, who was already a prominent figure at that time, lived from 1809 to 1892. I had to research the term “Poet Laureate” mentioned by mi1994, and of course Wikipedia also knows something about it: “In the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate is the office of a court poet whose job it is to write poems for official occasions and national events.” Tennyson was awarded this honorary office by Queen Victoria in 1850 and raised to the peerage in the same year.