From Istanbul we traveled to the shire of Northhampton about a 1 1/2 hour drive north of London. Denis' company has a printing facility here. Denis had a weekend off so we rented a car and drove to the southern coast to the Isle of Wight (White in American). This is a bustling tourist sea resort in the summer, but a quiet coastal town in the winter. We stayed in a lovely inn with a view looking out over the English Channel. The village had three pubs, we tried them all.