Well, its been an interesting day. I woke to one of the brightest days of my stay at IoW; gutted that I was leaving today. I must say though it did cloud over partially just to appease me.

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From Shanklin I went onto Brading and once again paid to see the “Experience of a lifetime”. I saw;

.. Romans…

.. old queens…

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Visited the gallery in Ventnor, a little disapointing as there was nothing in the areas I was looking for.

Made my way down the Shaklin Chine (a natural gorge) it’s beauty on marginally scared by a landslide at the 2nd waterfall – I’ve been here before, but it’s still breath taking.

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You know, I always thought that the sea around the UK coastline was always muddy and brown, but standing here on the clifs above the bay I can clearly see the bottom out to aound 500 metres.

It,s completely clear towards the shore line, chamging to an blue/green, clearly showing the kelp beds on the floor of the bay. Sadly I didn’t bring my camera with me, but I will pop up again later today or tomorrow.

Another bleak day here on on the coast, with intermittent showers – thankfully only brief.

The Model Village in Godshill was a new attraction for my today, located in a more central area I was hoping it would be a bit sheltered from the weather. The village itself is basically a collection of giftshops and cafe/restaurants it consists of about 15 buildings of serveral types; vicarage (where the model village was), coach house, pub and a small hotel. An interesting location; just wonder if the whole village closes at the end of the season?!

Anyhow; below are some pictures of the model village – can you tell which are models and which are real buildings?

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A relatively uneventful day today; the weather was overcast and very windy – surprisingly from the north going out to sea. Anyway needless to say I needed a hoodie, and I was definitely NOT wearing my shorts today!

Returned to Sandown today to check out the “Dinosaur Land”, immediately I entered the exhibition I realised that like the dinosaurs I was way, way too old. The museum was aimed at schools and the kids to be honest, but hey I found it interesting.

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The day started off bright and sunny, waking me up at 7:30am, but it wan’t long before the clouds can and spoilt what could of been a great day.

I decided to visit the photography exhibit just down the road; yes I drove the 800 yards! It was a inspirational look back to the early 20th century where the art of photography was in it’s infantcy, truely amazing.

From there I went further west to The Needles at Alum Bay, the furthest west you can go on the island. There wasn’t much new (if anything), but I did check out the glass works and watched a guy make a vase, interesting. It started raining soon after, so I had a “Deluxe Aero Hot Chocolate” and waited for the weather to clear up enough to make my way back to the car…

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Just thought I’d post this 1st animal I spotted that wasn’t road kill

Arrived safely at the hotel, and got settled in nice; really glad I brought my duffel bag – it’s great!

I’m all unpacked and I’ve had dinner – it was OK, but the portions where a bit small, plus the wine waiter asked me if I wanted to get anything to drink just as I was starting my dessert – needs to be a bit quicker I think.

The room was just like I had left it; I’m in room 309 again – I asked for it specifically as I liked the views and the privacy.

Also found out that I have some credit on my WIFI from when I was here in April – so I’m sitting out here on the balcony at 10:15pm listening to the sea crash up beach typing this out – bliss.

I have no real plans for the week ahead apart from chilling; although there are a few places I haven’t been to – more historical stuff – who knows.