Gear Review – 5 Days Backpacking the Isle of Wight Coast Path

Saturday 02 September 2017

Last month, Susan and I hiked the 65 Mile long Isle of Wight Coast Path over five days and four nights. We camped on three of the nights and stayed in a hotel for one after an equipment failure. We carried everything we needed with us and only purchased food along the trail.

Isle of Wight Coast Path – Day Five

Tuesday 08 August 2017

After a good night’s sleep at the hotel and porridge pots for breakfast, we ventured out on to the seafront at Sandown. It was blustery and the clouds in the sky were promising rain. We only had 11.5 miles to cover today but we didn’t want all of them to be in the rain.

It didn’t take long to walk along the flat seawall and we were so

Isle of Wight Coast Path – Day Four

Monday 07 August 2017

After a difficult night’s sleep we awoke to a cloudier, chillier morning than the day before. My Exped sleeping mat had developed a fault the evening before which meant I had to sleep lopsided all night and there was no possibility fixing it. Over breakfast we discussed the possibility of staying the night in an hotel rather than the planned wild camp.

We packed up and continued along the Coastal Path to Chale before heading up to Black

Isle of Wight Coast Path – Day Three

Sunday 06 August 2017

We awoke to a glorious, sunny morning and after breakfast, I headed into Freshwater to buy some lunch and dinner for the day ahead while Susan packed up the tent.

We picked up the Coastal Path at Colwell Chime and had an easy, enjoyable walk along the Seaw

Isle of Wight Coast Path – Day Two

Saturday 05 August 2017

Considering the noise, live band and the large number of people on the campsite, we slept well and awoke to glorious sunshine which meant an alfresco breakfast of porridge and coffee with a few brioche as a treat.

The tent is easy to take down and pack away so it was not long before we were hea

Isle of Wight Coast Path – Day One

Friday 04 August 2017

I will be the first to admit that the Isle of Wight Coast path was not particularly high up on my trekking bucket list. I knew that the path existed and that it was around sixty-five miles long but that was about it.

Susan had planned a trip to Thailand but found herself with a spare w