Day 226 - August 14th

We couldn't decide where to go today so decided to have a bit of a road trip and drive to a few places on the island that we had passed previously and which had aroused our curiosity.

The first two places didn't really provide any photo opportunities. We went to Yarmouth Castle, a small English Heritage property with views over the Solent. Then we drove about a mile up the cost to Fort Victoria Country Park. 

Finally we drive to The Garlic Farm. We had joked about the Garlic Farm throughout our holiday and thought it sounded a rather boring place to visit but Wayne persuaded us to go and see what all the hype was about. We were really pleasantly surprised by the place and also surprised at how many other people were visiting. 

We were able to walk through the fields and see the late garlic growing among the wild flowers. 

We saw the pigs just as they were being fed.

Haven Falconry were at the farm on the day we visited and Lara was able to hold a Barn Owl.

We were also able to taste all manner of delicious garlic chutneys, sauces, mayonnaise's, etc and then buy some in the farm shop including some Garlic Beer, Garlic and Herb Popcorn and Garlic and Chilli Mayonnaise.