16/7/08 - Hilary took charge of Gary and one other for an evening walk to Steephill Cove

13/7/08 - Alf lead a hilly & chilly stroll from the top of Wroxall Down.

2/7/08 - Alison lead an evening easy peasy walk from Yaverland.

29/6/08 - A small but select group travelled to the mainland for a lovely walk around Sway lead by Suzanne.

18/6/08 - From the Carisbrooke Priory, Gary lead an evening walk around the hills.

15/6/08 - Martin took charge of Eeyore's Walk to the donkey sanctuary.

4/6/08 - Tracey returned to Parkhurst Forest for more squirrel spotting. Afterwards, we had the 2008 AGM

1/6/08 - Alison lead a sneezy group around Five Manors near Arreton

27/1/08 - Michelle led a very nice walk in the lovely winter sunshine from Compton Farm around the coast and back.

30/12/07 - Alison took charge of a post Christmas workout from Brading.

16/12/07 - Tracey lead a walk from Godshill in the chilly winter wind.

2/12/07 - Dave & Suzanne bravely turned up in the gales and rain at Mottistone car park but left when no-one else appeared!

18/11/07 - Gary wisely called off the walk from Ventnor due to incessant rain and cold winds!

4/11/07 - Martin led a large group for a glorious autumn walk from Whale chine around the south west of the island.

21/10/07 - Suzanne led a mercifully sunny and dry walk/sprint around the sea wall from Lymington to Keyhaven.

7/10/07 - Alf once again arrange good weather for a walk from Niton around some up and Downs and back.

23/9/07 - Alison once more took the lead from Brading to Shanklin over the Downs and back on the train.

11/9/07 - Alison led another quiet evening walk from Shanklin along the coast and back through Luccombe

9/9/07 - Alf made a second attempt at his walk from Firestone Copse an was much luckier with the weather this time (flippers not required!).

4/9/07 - Tracey led a fine evening walk which was criminally ignored by all but 3 walkers! Along the coastal path and past the lighthouse, then a scramble up the cliff.

26/8/07 - A committee of leaders guided us from above Blackgang along the coastal path to Isle of Wight Pearl

15/8/07 - Dave led a short walk from Newport Quay Arts centre along the Medina to the Folly for a quick drink, then retracing back to town

5/8/07 - Guest leader Martin guided a steamy circular walk from Shanklin along the coast and back over the downs.

22/7/07 - Alf lead a sunny and mercifully dry walk from Sandown back to Ryde across the Downs.

11/7/07 - Spencer led an evening walk from the Old Church at Shanklin, followed by a drink in the Bonchurch Inn.

1/7/07 - Hilary led a walk with the mainland groups from Yarmouth and, surprisingly to the Needles.

26/6/07 - Alison led an evening walk from Ryde to Seaview and back - all strangely familiar...

23/6/07 - Spencer led the first part of his coastal walk from Ryde to Sandown, watching the rapidly disappearing Round the Island boats.

17/6/07 - Hilary led 16 of us on a walk from Newport up St Georges Down and back along the cycle track.

5/6/07 - Tracey led an evening walk around Parkhurst forest followed by drinks at the Blanksmiths Arms

27/5/07 - More brave walkers joined leader Alf in the torrential rain for a splash around Firestone Copse and locales

13/5/07 - Some brave members fought the wind and rain to do Walk the Wight

6/5/07 - Tracey led a long 12 mile walk to warm up for next weeks Walk the Wight

29/4/07 - A predictably hilly walk around Shanklin and the Downs lead by Spencer, followed by the AGM.

15/4/07 - Will it rain? No it won't! A glorious sunny and very hot day greeted us for a walk from Godshill through valleys and over Downs.

3/4/07 - The commitee finally met up to organise a new program for the next few months. It's now on the web!

1/4/07 - Gary and co started from Yarmouth for a windy walk around the windy bits of windy Wellow.

18/3/07 - Cherry lead a cold and hail interrupted walk from Rookley.

4/3/07 - Martin's walk around Chale to see the spring (or summer) flowers was cancelled due to torrential rain

20/2/07 - A return visit to the Mai Thai in Newport for curry and chat.

11/2/07 - A large group met at the correct Carisbrooke car park for a predictably muddy but sunny walk around the river valleys and hills.

21/1/07 - A sunny winter day for a walk from Shorwell up the Downs and down again.

16/1/07 - A group of us met at the Bargeman's Rest in Newport for intellectual conversation and restrained imbibing.

7/1/07 - Hilary led a flying walk from Shanklin via Sandown Airport and America Woods.

17/12/06 - Spencer shook off the Christmas shopping blues to lead a walk from Yaverland to Shanklin and back, with a stop for lunch in a pub.

10/12/06 - Alison lead a walk around Niton and Stenbury, including a stop at the Buddle for lunch.

26/11/06 - A lucky band had a lovely dry and sunny walk around Calbourne and Brighstone Forest

5/11/06 - Dave lead a sunny autumn walk around the Medina from Newport up to East Cowes, across and down again!

30/10/06 - Updated the program for the next season - loads of great stuff to come!!

30/10/06 - Added some belated pictures of Hillary's walk from June, the Purbecks walk in September & Alison's last walk.

15/10/06 - Alison lead a well attended walk from the top of Culver Down, around to Bembridge windmill and the marsh before climbing back up!

2/9/06 - Seven hardy souls made the trip to the Purbecks for a very wet and windy walk with the mainland WWW and DYW groups.

26 & 27/8/06 - Spencer lead a long two day walk from Ryde, right around the coastal path to Freshwater Bay.

17/8/06 - Added some posters to advertise the group. Feel free to print them and put them up somewhere!

6/8/06 - Tracey lead a mystery walk around Shanklin. The mystery has now been partly lifted as Tracey has done a write up!

22/7/06 - A Big Day Out to Rowlands Castle for a walk around the Idsworth estate via Chalton, St Huberts and Stansted House.

8/7/06 - Dave & Hilary lead a well attended walk (at least by the mainlanders!) from Yarmouth to the Needles with fine views for a change!

25/6/06 - A warm and pleasant day was enjoyed by 17 of us as we walked around Shalfleet, Wellow and Hamstead.

14/6/06 - Alison led Spencer's walk from Shanklin around the Downs and back for a evening meal.

4/6/06 - A hot and sunny day for a walk from Mottistone lead by Gary passing the Manor and Longstone.

31/5/06 - A group went for a walk around St. Catherine's lighthouse.

24/5/06 - Gary turned up to lead on a very damp evening but luckily no-one else did so he went home again!

7/5/06 - A mostly sunny walk from Ryde to Firestone Copse, with an afternoon stop for tea and cakes at Quarr Abbey.

26/4/06 - A small band met at the Ryde Tandoori for a very pleasant meal and chat. Plenty of food and a lovely big table to spread it out onto!

23/4/06 - A better turnout than our last Carisbrooke start for a St. George's Day walk over the twin peaks of Bowcombe and Chillerton Downs. The weather kept away to make for a very pleasant day in the country.

3/4/06 - Tracey has heroically produced the summer newsletter - read it while it's hot before they've even been printed!

2/4/06 - Our spring flower walk was a great success (despite the limited spring flowers) with 20 people walking from Shanklin to Godshill and back.

11/3/06 - An unexpectly dry day for a lovely walk from Carisbrooke to Shorwell and back. A small but happy band enjoyed the walk and a pleasant lunch in the Crown.

4/3/06 - Minutes of the AGM are now available, and there have been a couple of refinements to the program.

28/2/06 - The second Wight Sole AGM was held at the Bargeman's Rest in Newport. Gary was re-elected as Chairman, and Dave as Treasurer. Minutes of the meeting will be available on this site soon.

19/2/06 - A pretty damp walk from Godshill, up the downs and quickly back again. We decided discretion was the better part of valour given the inclement conditions!

11/2/06 - Updated the program on the web site. Also changed all the maps to avoid copyright issues and included GPS route files for the eternally curious (or lost)

6/2/06 - Comittee meeting in the Castle in Newport. Filled in the summer program including a number of exciting outings to the mainland and exchange visits with the DYW and WWW.

29/1/06 - A sunny, if chilly walk from Freshwater, taking in Headon Warren, The Needles and Tennyson Down. See the walk page for details and photos.

9/1/06 - Updated the web site to give each walk a seperate page. The photos page was becoming a bit too big!

8/1/06 - Thirteen of us made the expedition to the mainland to meet our friends in the WWW and DYW for a walk around the slightly damp New Forest. See the thrilling summary and photos on the walk page.

11/12/05 - Another stunningly fine day greeted a small group for the walk from Shanklin to Niton. After some car ferrying, we enjoyed a pleasant and only slightly muddy walk along the tops of the downs to a meal at the Buddle in Niton.

7/12/05 - A brave group turned up for a very damp but highly enjoyable Ghost walk around Newport followed by a drink in the Wheatsheaf.

19/11/05 - Gary led a walk from Brading around Bembridge.

10/11/05 - Added the area newsletter to the web site. See the newsletters section!

30/10/05 - Another good turnout for our longest group walk so far, despite the dire weather forecast. Ryde to Shanklin round the coast paths. Lovely views and excellent action from the White Air show. Even the weather held off with only a single heavy shower - we are indeed blessed.

27/10/05 - Committee meeting at the Bargemans in Newport to discuss the further program, and the ongoing saga of newsletters.

19/10/05 - Curry night in Arreton. Another well attended event (thanks to Nicola for organising) where most of us demonstrated the age old "eyes larger than stomach" adage. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the very nice curries and polite (!) conversation.

9/10/05 - Hilary lead a very well attended walk through Parkhurst Forest to the coast and back. Again the sun shone on us for another very pleasant walk. Sudden influx of photos from this walk!

18/9/05 - Tracey lead a short walk around Alverstone taking in the Nature Reserve and Newchurch pub. May not be able to go back for a while as we got some funny looks and then sat on there Petanque pitch!

14/9/05 - Another committee meeting at the Steamer again. Filled in the events program for the winter season until next spring. Discussed futher recruitment possibilities.

28/8/05 - Sunny walk around the southern tip of the island, led by Dave. Some new members came along to enjoy a very pleasant tour along the coast and up a couple of big hills. Hopefully we didn't scare them off!

21/8/05 - Dave and Spencer represented the group on the Ramblers stall at the Garlic Festival. A good show, with a good selection of visitors and some interest in the group.

12/8/05 - Nightime walk up Tennyson Down to watch the Perseid meteor shower. Fun evening for the small but hardy band.

7/8/05 - Walk in Firestone Copse and to Quarr Abbey lead by Adinda. Lovely day with nice muffins at the Abbey, and England won the cricket!

6-7/8/05 - Adinda, Dave and Tracey attended the Chale show as group reps on the Ramblers stall (once they managed to find it hidden in the wrong tent). Not much interest on Saturday until Tracey showed us how to do it on Sunday!

23/7/05 - Hillary and Gary were hidden in a corner of the County Show on the Ramblers stand. Gary claims he only saw 3 people all day, but that may have been the same person walking in circles.

20/7/05 - Spencer led an evening walk from Wroxall to Shanklin with a pub meal.

16/7/05 - Andy led a walk east of the Yar starting near Yarmouth.

2/7/05 - The DYW & WWW brought a healthy group of over 20 to the island to explore West Wight. Unfortunately they brought the weather with them and it was misty and wet on top of Tennyson. They did get a hazy view of the Needles from a distance, but hopefully they'll be back to try again soon.

29/6/05 - Committee meeting at the Steamer in Shanklin. Further discussion of publicity including an article for the County Press and Isle of Wight Radio. Plans for the shows were finalised, including a handout pack. Future planned walks were fleshed out until October.

26/6/05 - Hillary and Gary lead a walk starting at the Chequers Inn just outside Rookley. A fine day and pleasant 9 mile walk was enjoyed by about 10 members.

15/06/05 - The groups first evening walk around and about Carisbrook castle was lead by Nicola. Details on the walks page.

6/06/05 - Committee meeting held at the Sloop in Wooton. Several subjects were discussed at length, including future walks and the advertising of the group, particularly at the upcoming island shows this summer.

5/05/05 - The groups first outing to the mainland was attended by a hardy band of 7 who braved the ferry and weather for a very enjoyable walk in the New Forest. See the walks history for some details.

16/05/05 - First committee meeting held at the Bargeman's Rest in Newport. See the first newsletter for some details.

9/05/05 - First meeting to form the group. The name Wight Sole was chosen and a committee was elected.