My name is Simon Kinsey and I have created this web site to provide a basic guide to what is recommended to see while visiting the Isle of Wight especially for families.

This was my first web site I created back in 2003 and I was inspired to do this by my love of The I.O.W., and my interest in photography, computers and Dave Parker's excellent I.O.W. Nostalgia site at invectis.co.uk I have four daughters Hayley (29), Kerryn (26), Erica and Phoebe (24 and identical twins) needless to say my wife Lisa has remarkable patience looking after them at our home in Toton, within The East Midlands. The website has just been re-coded to be mobile phone compliant.

2024: Another great two weeks holiday on The Island with some new places visited as well as our usual haunts. Best place for food was without a doubt The Blacksmiths in Calbourne. A couple of new walks and a new attraction visited Farringford Historic House and Gardens which is recommended. It was nice to see the Pilot Boat Inn open as a full pub again - good luck to them. We saw red squirrels and from a distance the white tailed eagles in Bembridge Harbour area.

2023: We walked The Isle of Wight Coastal again in 6 days, stopping off at B & B's and hotels along the way carrying our overnight items. This clockwise walk was a great experience and slightly harder than the previous year on one particular day and we enjoyed our extra 2 days break at the end. Start and finish was Brighstone village and a break at the end at Shanklin Old Village.

2022: Isle of Wight Coastal path we walked in 6 days, stopping off at B & B's and hotels along the way carrying our overnight items. This anti-clockwise walk was a great experience and we enjoyed our extra 3 days break at the end. Start and finish was at Shanklin Old Village.

2021: Another great fortnight on The Island with some excellent hot weather with blue skies, the odd cloudy warm day, nice to be back after a four year gap. Covid times are still upon us and most pubs have gone to great lengths to provide more safe outdoor areas with extra precautions. Some strange pub opening hours and a lack of waiting staff and chefs on The Island in these difficult times.

Camera: All the pictures within this site (with the exception of the Victorian ones and those within the readers' pictures section) have been taken by myself - they are subject to copyright and may not be copied/taken without my prior permission. There has been several instances of image theft up to now. There has not been any major colour adjustment with software in any of my images. Since 2006 100% of pictures were taken with my Canon digital SLR camera and my Sigma 18-50 2.8 EX DC lens, and Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 EX DC. My latest Canon is a 90D.

Awards/Publications: No awards so to speak of although this website was chosen as 'website of the month' way back in 2003 from an IOW index website. I have had several of my pictures used in a holiday brochure for Park Resorts and an image of The Needles Lighthouse used for an engineering publication as well as images used for a couple of Coastal Erosion personal projects undertaken by graduates/students.

Contact: isle-of-wightattractions@ntlworld.com