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GET FIT WITH THE ISLE OF WIGHT VIRTUAL CHALLENGE 2020
Isle Access has joined forces with Nosy Marketing to produce a unique fitness challenge that takes participants on a virtual tour of the Isle of Wight. Whatever you favourite exercise is, be it running, walking, jogging, wheeling, cycling, hopping, skipping,...
Read moreDetailsBRADING SALE TRAIL TAKES PLACE THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Brading is holding its first ever Sale Trail on Saturday 29th, Sunday 30th and Monday 31st August 2020. The Bank Holiday Weekend event is like a car boot but with people selling from their gardens and driveways instead. Locals can...
Read moreDetails‘TEST RUN’ HELD AHEAD OF SEPTEMBER’S EXCLUSIVE LE BLANQ EVENT
Preparations are well and truly underway for the exclusive cycle event on the Isle of Wight next month. Le Blanq, now with the tagline ‘Legendary Joyriding’, is a 10-stage cycling and gastronomy event hosted on the Isle of Wight between...
Read moreDetailsFOLK ROYALTY COMES TO THE QUAY – VIRTUALLY
The latest online monthly concert at Quay Arts Folk Club on Sunday 23rd August sees the legendary Eliza Carthy featuring as the headline guest. Eliza first took to the stage as a young teenager in the late 1980’s since when...
Read moreDetailsSEELY SUPPORTS SOLENT SWIM FOR WEST WIGHT SPORTS CENTRE
It has been confirmed that the main fundraising event of the year for the West Wight Sports and Community Centre – the Solent Swim – will go ahead this year as planned. The event, due to be held on Saturday...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT LITERARY FESTIVAL GOES DIGITAL FOR 2020
With the usual festival format compromised due to the current COVID-19 situation, organisers of the Isle of Wight Literary Festival are preparing free online sessions to delight, inspire and enlighten audiences between 9th-11th October. Now in their ninth year, the...
Read moreDetailsDIABETES GROUP TO HOST FIRST PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING WITH DEPUTY HEAD OF PODIATRY
Diabetes Group IOW is hosting the Deputy Head of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust's Podiatry Services, Stephen Taylor, at the group's very first public Zoom meeting, taking place on 19th August between 12:30-13:00. Diabetes increases the risk of developing...
Read moreDetailsBRADING SCARECROW FESTIVAL TO MAKE A RETURN LATER THIS MONTH
Residents in Brading are being urged to participate in the annual Brading Scarecrow Festival, with plenty of tributes to the Island's key workers expected in 2020. This year's festival will run from 28th August to 6th September and organisers say...
Read moreDetailsOSBORNE RUN CANCELLED – BUT MOUNTBATTEN LAUNCH NEW CYCLING EVENT
This year’s Mountbatten Osborne Run, which was postponed in May, has now been cancelled due to a decision by English Heritage. English Heritage say they cannot host the run due to concerns over social distancing and large crowds. Last year...
Read moreDetailsHOT AIR BALLOONS TO RETURN TO THE ISLAND’S SKIES THIS AUGUST
The sky’s the limit this summer as magnificent hot air balloons float back to Robin Hill for a 3-day extravaganza. Sky High Night Glow, in association with T&K Masks, will run daily from 17:00-22:00 between 20th-22nd August. After previously cancelling...
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