Newport; Saturday, 28 June, 2014

Breakfast completed I wandered down to the bus stop and picked up the bus back towards East Cowes and the former summer home of Queen Victoria – Osborne.

I spent the whole of the morning exploring the site, both the house and grounds, which stretch down to a former private beach that the royals used.

I caught the bus on into Ryde and had a bit of a wander around town before hopping on the open-top tour that runs from Ryde out over the downs.

90 minutes later and back in Ryde slightly windblown I had a late lunch before wandering out along the pier to take in the views of both the town and across the Solent towards Portsmouth.

I caught the train back one stop, the shortest national rail train journey that you can make, to Ryde Esplanade to pick up the last Island Explorer bus of the evening.

This one was heading back to Newport, but the long way round via the whole of the east and south coasts of the island.

The journey took nearly 3 hours, but I got to see a very large amount of the island.

Back in Newport I grabbed a quick bite to eat in town before heading back to the hotel