brodie's birthday trip to the isle of wight

For Brodie's 4th birthday, we grabbed Granny, piled into Sparkly Princess Cinderella and headed over to 'The Island' for a couple of days.

Brodie & Cinderella in pole position on the ferry on the journey out ......

We stopped off at Culver Down for lunch and had a stunning view across to the mainland, plus a very active airstrip in the valley below to entertain us while we ate ......

.... I entertained myself with different settings on my iphone camera ..... the fluffy clouds were just amazing ....

Then we headed over to Dinosaur Isle, the local dinosaur museum. Brodie got a bit scared, so we headed up to the activity room. Tess & Rob had a good look at the skeletons & models in the main museum before joining us so that the whole family could try on the dinosaur costumes .....

On the Sunday, we headed over to the IoW steam railway line and travelled in the poshest 3rd class carriage we've ever encountered ......

..... just coming into Smallbrook Junction ......

Then off to a model railway exhibition in Newport that we had been tipped off about .....