Going to IOW any good days out rec. please :-)

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Obv. will be going to Blackgang Chine, Robin Hill and Alum Bay. Just wondered is there is anywhere else we haven't thought of. Thanks

Was going to say Black Gang Chine, a favourite with mine. Will try and think

With children? what about Osbourne House?

Yes with children. 2 - 6 and yrs old

Maybe not then, although dh and I drag our kids round places like that.

I am after places very child friendly. You know like zoos, parks that type of thing

We are going next monday so will be there at same time

If you fancy MEDIVAL JOUSTING on horses and falconcry

CARRISBROOKE CASTLE

GLad you managed to get booked RTKM

we are taking my mum and dad so will be doing adult things mostly IYSWIM plus DS is 10 so has different needs to yours

Dinasour museum in sandown

we are in hotel in shanklin cos we needed one with disability awareness for my dad

Is that a day out KTKM dino isle?

get the deal of robin hill and blackgang chine combination ticket

PLUS you will get a return visit within 7 days for FREE

go to BC in the evening everything is all twinkliy with fairy lights and little lights

We loved the steam railway - really pretty and traditional

no sandown mueseum is hour + a bit up to about 3 hours

sort of as long as you like really

take them on the shanklin to ryde pier head train

good fun goes right down the pier

you can join the steam train as well

Go on open top bus

there is a play park at ALUM BAY {not been to it for years though}

Make sand model where you fill a glass or shape with different coloured sand @ alum bay

go to RYDE to watch the hovercraft start up and go over the solent {FREE}

We loved watching the hovercraft come in and leave at Ryde. Kids (& adults)were fascinated.
Just along the road from the dinosaur isle in Sandown is IOW Zoo - not huge but loads of big cats. We did both in an afternoon.

justmummy we haven't taken DS to watch it BUT we did it as children

perhaps we will go next week

how was your holiday BH?

we had a deffo brill time

Was your crossing on sat in the rain

Havenstreet Steam Railway definitely. Took DS (3) and DD (1) there with my granny a couple of weeks ago and they loved it. (Slightly scary moment when DS asked me where the pistons were on the train).

Ryde sea front generally as there is a small fun fair, trampolines, ice rink, dotto train along the sea front to Puckpool where there is another park and generally klots of running around. Also the boating lake in Ryde where you can pedal swans around - and an open air pool.

Good pub recommendation is the Fishbourne Inn (near the car ferry) as just down from there is a little green where you can watch the huge ferries in the tiny inlet. Dunno what the food's like now.

we went to fishbourne inn last friday and sitting at the next table was

JULIAN CLARY

Hi RTKM No our ferry crossing was sunny but delayed. We went from Fishbourne. The delay was a nightmare. Although we were so lucky with the crossing and I would rec. where we stayed to anyone!

We stayed here

How was your week? We were so lucky with the weather weren't we?

We loved Robin Hill. Been before but such a lovely day out!

we went on monday and had great crossing from southampton to cowes

DEFFO BRILL weather

Quite complicated accomdating my mum and dad and where they wanted to go and DS and where he wanted to go

We didn't go to robin hill this time cos DS is going on school holiday next june and they will go there

we went to carisbrooke to the jousting, calbourne water mill, blackgang chine, to watch the hovercraft, out to needles battery, shanklin beach.

We went to Blackgang Chine. What day did you go? Sounds like you had a great time.

It's just so expensive isn't it. I dread to think how much we spent!