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Go to the Isle of Wight - but take your own tea

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I have a problem with the Isle of Wight. Actually that's not strictly true, I have three problems with the Isle of Wight! Firstly, there's too much to see and do in a day. So not a bad problem I admit, just putting the thought out there. Secondly, it closes at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Honestly it does. Thirdly there is a distinct lack of cafes, or we drove on a route from Alum Bay to East Cowes that is just devoid of cafes. Therefore I suggest that you take a nice big flask with you or a camping stove so you can brew up when you want. Anyway, moan over and on to the point of today's Blog. We went to the Isle of Wight yesterday (bet you hadn't figured that out had you dear reader?). It was my mum's birthday last week and my wife's birthday on Monday so we had a birthday outing to the Island. We started at Osborne House as it's one of those places we had all wanted to visit and as we now get free entry to English Heritage sites (god bless my wif...