{"id":200347,"date":"2017-07-05T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/a-weekend-on-an-island\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T18:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:44:31","slug":"a-weekend-on-an-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/a-weekend-on-an-island\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend on an island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ronel van Zyl<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We spent the weekend on the Isle of Wight for Anton&#8217;s birthday. We booked two nights at the most beautiful <strong>Dunnose Magna Bed &amp; Breakfast <\/strong>\u2013 a chocolate box pretty house with the most wonderful owners, Bill and Jayne Nigh, and their pets Hovis, Bella and Mishka Pavlova.<!--more--> It was a privilege to experience the great island\u2019s hospitality, the charm of an end-of-the-lane property with gorgeous gardens, even a tea garden and lots of birds and other wildlife. We were lucky enough to have seen a red squirrel, a fox and many hares at night. I would love to have stayed forever!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cYou are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n<p>Visit Ronel&#8217;s blog <a href=\"https:\/\/ronelvanzyl.blogspot.co.za\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Photos: Ronel van Zyl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-200347 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/a-weekend-on-an-island-01-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-weekend-on-an-island-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/a-weekend-on-an-island-02-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-weekend-on-an-island-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/a-weekend-on-an-island-03-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-weekend-on-an-island-03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/a-weekend-on-an-island-04-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-weekend-on-an-island-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/a-weekend-on-an-island-05-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-weekend-on-an-island-05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ronel van Zyl We spent the weekend on the Isle of Wight for Anton&#8217;s birthday. 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