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Sep 29th 2021, 4:52 pm

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Notes from an even smaller island

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Posted By Bud the Wiser

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Apologises for being late in responding. Well done on getting a winter let. Rental properties are hard to find at the moment and for sale properties don't stay on the market long. We use the doctors...

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Nov 17th 2020, 6:07 pm

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Notes from an even smaller island

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Posted By Bud the Wiser

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Apologises for not replying sooner, I only look at the forum every now and again these days, which may give you and indication as to how settled we are. :).

What drew us to the IOW? Well, we were...

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Jun 14th 2019, 2:00 pm

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Notes from an even smaller island

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Posted By Bud the Wiser

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Yesterday on the IOW.

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Jun 3rd 2019, 4:56 am

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Notes from an even smaller island

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Posted By Bud the Wiser

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Approaching six months on the island now. Summer has arrived together with the tourists, the place has opened up with events large and small taking place all over the Island. Slightly more congestion...

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Mar 25th 2019, 6:42 pm

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Notes from an even smaller island

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Posted By Bud the Wiser

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An 'Overner' is someone who has moved to live on the island. There is a facebook page called 'Isle of Wight Overeners'.. Grockles are tourists and caulkheads are locals.
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Mar 25th 2019, 5:51 am

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Notes from an even smaller island

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Posted By Bud the Wiser

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I can concur with some of your observations and I certainly know the IOW would not suit everyone, but for me it ticks all the boxes that fit in with my retirement wants and needs,

We live in...

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Mar 17th 2019, 9:54 am

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Notes from an even smaller island

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Posted By Bud the Wiser

Notes from an even smaller island

...... with apologies to Bill Bryson.

Well here I am, just over three months into living in our new home here on the Isle of Wight. Not been out and about as much as we liked, mainly because...

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