Experience the best of the Isle of Wight this weekend with a range of events including the jam-packed Dark Skies Festival, exhibitions, live music, theatre, wrestling, walking groups and more
After a local charity announced it was unable to continue to organise the annual Ventnor Boxing Day Swim, locals have stepped in to ensure the tradition continues. Read the detail.
The annual Ventnor Boxing Day Swim is a rite of passage. Some people do it the once to get it over with, others return to the water year after year, always raising money for Ventnor cancer charity, P.A.T.C.H.
Head to Ventnor esplanade for the annual Boxing Day Swim - arrive before 1pm to avoid missing the action. If you can't make it to Ventnor, there's always the Shanklin or Gurnard Swims at roughly the same time.
Congratulations to Isle of Wight photographer Chad Powell - who OnTheWight has been championing for many years - for his Isle of Wight Milky Way shots which have made the national press.
The sea in Ventnor is looking like a millpond today, so we expect to see lots of jolly swimmers taking part in the 32nd Annual Boxing Day Swim from midday.