Walk 9 Ventnor Downs

Ventnor Downs is one of the best place for bluebell spotting, so I headed up again today. It was sunny in my garden but as I climbed up I realised that there was a lot of mist at the top of the hills.

This time I took the path up behind the old station on the Industrial Estate, but instead of climbing straight up St Boniface Down, I turned left by the gate, following the path downhill to come out in the valley floor.

This route follows the valley floor at a gentle incline with a shorter climb at the end to come out at the radar station.

 A colony of feral goats was introduced to keep the oak from colonising the Downs and a few were grazing on the slopes today.

 

 By the time I reached the top the mist was thick and visibility poor.

 However, the bluebells were still lovely so I decided to cut my losses and take misty images today and come back up again another day if the weather holds.

 I didn't take any particular route, just wandered around the perimeter of the radar station, then along the road where I know there will always be fields of blue.