So far so good for our campervan adventure on the Isle of Wight

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks very much for the SuperThanks buying us coffees, your support is greatly appreciated: Brenda McHale ❤️ Geoff ❤ Sylvia Page ❤ Anita ❤

[@euansemple5598]

Having a snooze during the day with the bed down in an NV200 is just the best thing!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Absolutely👍

[@Helen-d9e]

You are great loved every video I watched and the music is always fitting 👌

[@susenjarvis8281]

Very lovely video. Glad that you both are having a wonderful day. Your lunch looked so delicious. Have a wonderful day.

[@brendamchale2683]

Such a nice balance of sight seeing and van life,,I feel like I've been on a little trip. Thanks

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Glad you enjoyed it Brenda 🙂

[@lindao1327]

Great comment! I felt the same!

[@antonyroe1596]

I lived on the island for 57 years and moved to the mainland in 2022 (I can see the island where I now live) and it's always nice to see these "feelgood" video's. Unfortunately, the cost of the ferries and the poor infrastructure and general facilities made it impossible to live )or exist) over there. Such a shame that apart from the natural beauty, the island is no longer the place it once was.

[@lindao1327]

Ken and Carol. I just love your videos.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thank you Linda 😊

[@junerobinson8169]

Lovely video used to live in Shanklin many many moons ago. Lovely to see it all again Thankyou for taking me with you.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching. Glad to bring you back some happy memories 🙂

[@lizcaporicci8483]

Thank you for introducing me to the 'Isle of Wight. Liz from Ontario.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

You’re welcome ❤️

[@davidmarshall5596]

Watching o another quiet Sunday morning & enjoying the IOW vlog some really nice places there ❤😊 nice n relaxing viewing with tales from the little Red camper 🎉

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks as always David 🙂👍

[@aysheanaif2927]

We stayed at Shanklin it’s a beautiful place ❤

[@sinead36]

Love your videos. Thx for taking us along 👍

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@jj8526]

Yet another enjoyable and informative video. Looks fantastic..

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Cheers 🙂

[@joannamorgan6911]

Lovely, thank you.I enjoy your channel more than you can know.x

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Aww, that’s lovely. Thanks Joanna ❤️

[@ghtqwrrt871]

You are visiting all the places I did on my 1981 school trip. Shanklin chine was less touristy back then and the Roman villa I think just had a corrugated roof over it. The body in the well was on display, i remember that.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Happy to bring back those memories for you. We first visited the Isle of Wight in 1981 😀

[@SandVan]

Great video love the Isle of Wight 🤩🙏

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching 🙂👍

[@csbridgemountain7972]

I have no words, i think you live in the most beautiful country in the world.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

❤️

[@jayoneill1533]

Watching you and Carol travel in the “Little Red Camper Van” is such a delight. I feel like I’m with old friends. 😊

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks Jay, it’s great to have you with us 🙂👍

[@marionjohansson4235]

Hullo, what lovely views, and I love the thatch houses.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Hello Marion. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@victoriahaworth2651]

Everytime I watch you I realise I am smiling . Lovely gentle videos . Thank you x

[@LifeistooshortCK]

That’s what we like to hear. Thanks Victoria 😊

[@stellaswancounselling]

Lovely ❤

[@madformorgan7848]

My wife and I checked into that hotel on the bend in old Shanklin and they put us in a room over the bar. What they forgot to mention was the disco in the bar until way past midnight. We’d also eaten dinner there and my wife must have had a piece of chicken that was off. Not a good night to say the least. Jeff

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Oh dear, not such a good memory. Hope it didn’t spoil your whole trip ☺️

[@samfletcher222]

great island and perfect in winter as they dont suffer snow ,a rare occurrence, im from the peak district and i call the iow the peak district with seaside as the coast is never far away and nice rolling countryside and lots to see and do a great place to visit

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Never thought of it like that but you are right 🙂👍

[@sylviapage8572]

Thanks

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Many thanks for your support Sylvia❤️

[@julie011267]

Great video once again x

[@the-other-windsors]

Beautiful Chine. A totally new word for us. Held our breath when that lorry was backing out! Thats our biggest fear, that our Buddy will be written off by someone else. Its good to swap roles occasionally too. Nice to see Carol at the helm 🙂🐕🚙

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes, we dread having an accident that would right off the little red camper. It must be a huge worry for fulltime vanlifers. Didn’t realise until I looked it up but the word Chine is only used in Dorset and Isle of Wight. Thanks for watching ☺️

[@kkgoof123]

Looks like a really nice place..

[@LifeistooshortCK]

It is!

[@lindahiggins7744]

Isle of Wight has always been a place I would have loved to have visited, unfortunately that will never be, thank you so much for bringing the views and places you have been too it’s the next best thing 👍👍👍

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching Linda. Glad you are enjoying the Isle of Wight 😀

[@davypeugeot]

Another lovely easy to watch video guys thanka for taking us with you . We are roasted over here in Ireland with the heat ,im loving it

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching. Sweltering here in Sussex 🥵

[@davypeugeot]

@@LifeistooshortCK it's a bit cooler today here ,prob will have thunderstorms after all the heat

[@LifeistooshortCK]

@@davypeugeot Carol has been in the sea today at the south coast. Can you believe it in September 😎😆

[@davypeugeot]

@@LifeistooshortCK it's amazing .... hopefully it will make the summer feal shorter 🤞🤞

[@leenewcome85]

Great video thanks for sharing 😊

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching!

[@maryg.249]

The isle of wight is turning out to be quite a spectacular place. Now I want to go there!!! Shanklin Chine is a lovely area. Thanks for taking us along. Mary

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Lots more to see yet Mary 😁👍

[@CamperVanya]

I enjoyed revisiting Shanklin & Ventnor again. Wonderful memories, and they haven’t changed at all 😊

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching ❤️

[@getawaygeese]

Interesting Roman villa ….. Shanklin brings back memories of walking around the chine - we also visited. Black gang chine so not sure if that is a different place Great video guys

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes Blackgang Chine is a different place. We went there many moons ago, it is more of a theme park with rides now. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@grapesodatravels]

I'd never heard of Brading before. What an amazing place. Yet another reason to put IoW on the bucket list!!

[@yaminthegrey]

Hari OM Oooh more memory triggers... though I don't recall the Roman bit, so that was particularly interesting. Another fine glimpse you brought us! YAM xx

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We hadn’t been to the Roman Villa before. It was very interesting 🙂👍

[@paulandrews4551]

Love the Isle of Wight been on holiday last two years and going back again next year , stayed just outside Bembridge and loved going to Yaverland beach everyday with our dog Einstein , great vlog as usual , keep up the great work

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Sounds lovely. Enjoy your next trip 🙂👍

[@dianabelcher39]

Thanks for sharing such an interesting vlog, the views were perfect as were the bright white clouds...before the dark ones... all the history details were most interesting, specially to me living at he bottom of the hemisphere !!!!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Glad you enjoyed it Diana. Greetings Down Under 😀

[@eamonnobrien1410]

Looks beautiful

[@peteredwards7760]

The Fig variety " Brown Turkey " does well in cooler climates .

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks. We didn’t know that 🙂👍

[@glenysperry3421]

Lovely relaxing video. Beautiful sunset, and closing with you two snug as a bug in a rug.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@Wheres_wanda_wandering]

Thank you for showing Shanklin Chine and the tribute to 40 Commando. Steve and I went last year he is an ex-marine so it meant so much to him. A shame we didn’t know about the Roman museum as we love Roman history. A good excuse to go back. We had a brilliant holiday when we went and know there is so much more to see. Take care Gill

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Hope you get an opportunity to go back. We always have a good trip on the Isle of Wight and still plenty more to discover ☺️

[@moonmother.]

💖💖💖💖

[@peterdnreynolds777]

Brilliant video as always. Great music too. Hope all is well and hope you have a great weekend, take care

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks Peter, you too.

[@JCisJD]

Quote of the episode..."i found those toilet facilities confusing "

[@rachaelghostcat8584]

I lived in a house in West Yorkshire, there was a fig tree in the garden and I used to pick the fruit when ripe, they were sweet and delicious. The Isle of Wight is where my gran and grandad had their honeymoon, I can see why now!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

I would never have thought figs would grow in Yorkshire. Sounds amazing 😋

[@rachaelghostcat8584]

@@LifeistooshortCK I thought that too, the owner of the house said his father brought it back from Israel, cannot remember in what form though, I thought that would have been illegal!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

@@rachaelghostcat8584 the rules were probably not so strict back then ☺️

[@OldBaron5664]

I haven't been on the isle of white for fifty plus years great video showing the scenery Carol I can feel for you when trying to fill out forms online some are great you just type it in and away you go others scroll through to find this gets harder with each year have you come across the ones where you have to scroll back everything at once just using the month. Stay safe

[@LifeistooshortCK]

I don’t know who designs some of these websites but they obviously haven’t tested the user experience. Grrrrr 😫

[@RobertSmith-cv1cu]

Figs do ripen to the green stage in autumn in the UK. In spain they reach the green stage in May/June time but in autumn they reach the soft tasty brown stage. Delicious. Good video

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Never knew they grew in the UK at all ☺️

[@sylviapage8572]

Another great video. We were there last year and really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Glad you had a good time. Thanks for watching 😀

[@mariondicksonweir8812]

Isle of Wight looks fab, Defoe putting that on my "to do list"

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Well worth a visit 🙂👍

[@jamessmith6402]

Thank guys that was a lovely video 👍

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@JamesWilliam70]

Lovely park up at the end. Thanks for sharing and have a great journey.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@tinasavage674]

We love eating on the sea front at shanklin lovely selection of pubs, great video guys 😊

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks Tina 🙂

[@simon1066]

Interesting tour and very timely, I’m off there myself next week👍

[@LifeistooshortCK]

That’s great. Have a lovely time 🙂👍

[@deborahroberts1300]

Liked shanklin chine, thanks for the walk along. Will you miss your little red camper do you think? You've got your routine down pat.👍💛

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes it will be hard to let the little red camper go. Who knows, if the new van falls through we may end up keeping it 😁🚗

[@WhitneyHouston4eva1]

I enjoy seeing the history of places you visit. I didn't know there was a chine in Shanklin. I know of Blackgang Chine which is an amusement park. Went there a couple of times in my teenage years. First with my parents and then a couple of years later with my school.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We went to Blackgang Chine before we were married, many years ago. It looks a lot more developed into a theme park now.

[@the-other-windsors]

We could have googled it, but would much rather ask you. What exactly is a Chine? 🤔🐕🚙

[@LifeistooshortCK]

@@the-other-windsors it’s a deep narrow ravine, formed by water cutting through soft sandstone. Apparently it is only used in Dorset and the Isle of Wight ☺️

[@samaslett6617]

Love the Isle of Wight. I’ll be there this weekend for the Mini adventure at Sandown airport!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Enjoy 😀👍

[@joanbraunberger9705]

Haven’t heard anything recently about your new van. Soon? Enjoying your vlogs from Canada.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

It’s still not been built by Volkswagen. 👎

[@lcook0825]

Hi Ken and Carol.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Hi Larry 👋

[@ruthaminian475]

Really enjoyed this, must go to IOW again soon.

[@elainehood2032]

I live on the Island and I'm sure I saw you today at Fort Victoria.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We did go to Fort Victoria but we were there back in May ☺️

[@jacquelinebell9186]

Never been. Looks great. 😊❤

[@LifeistooshortCK]

It was!

[@garychabot4069]

Hi great video thank you 🙏🏽

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Cheers Gary 🙂

[@lorrimiller835]

Beautiful sunset❤

[@Sushi2735]

I have to laugh seeing Carol handing the finances. I too was in charge of all the finances for our home. And carried the Credit Cards and cash. Money management was not something my husband enjoyed. My way younger brother’s wife handles all their accounts for their home, travels and children. I think it’s great!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes Carol does all of that and I am very grateful. We each have our strengths 😁👍

[@mkeizer8134]

Hello you two, lots of info and history, it is a dreamy Isle, such a lovely place. Thanks as always.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@heleenwiegand6326]

Lovely video as per usual ❤

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Cheers Helen 🙂

[@judithbogner3222]

So lovely touring with you both! Ken must be an antique car fan. There was a noticeable pause on that vehicle! 🛻 💕

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes, we were wondering if anyone watching would recognise it ☺️

[@neilfordham5790]

Thanks for the video Carol and Ken. Lots of memories of my childhood, you didn’t have to pay for the chine when I was young but I suppose they have to make money to pay for the dinosaurs 😂. I remember having to get out of Dads Reliant and push to get it up into Ventnor Down to see the old radar station.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Great memories Neil 👍

[@adogaday]

What a pretty village. Love a dinosaur themed exhibit. That looked pretty cool. Beautiful sunset. Happy travels x

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@karenchapman2561]

Hello Carol & Ken great vid 😁

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Cheers Karen 🙂

[@mitchmorgan2049]

Thank you for more amazing content to watch. Can I ask what projector you have in your van please.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

No projector it was an iPad suspended from the roof 👍

[@bethlowell7336]

Hi Carol and Ken. This series of videos is wonderful. I have enjoyed the scenery and the little towns with the thatched cottages. And I see you are still enjoying the “little red camper” a bit longer. When will you take delivery of the new camper? Is a Q & A in your future? Safe travels, cheers

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks Beth. Glad you are enjoying our Isle of Wight series. No date yet for our new van so may have to change our plans . We will let you all know if we make any new decisions ☺️

[@helenfredenlund988]

Your videos and specially you two is always nice! Greetings from Sweden. 😀🌞

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Aww, thanks Helen ❤️

[@bevd8181]

Looks beautiful, very tempted to visit next summer xx

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Go for it 😀👍

[@williamclark3572]

Do you guys have a three word list of all the places you use to stopover? Also love the directions you have stuck to top left hand side of windscreen, did you buy or make yourselves.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We don’t keep the what3words once the video is made. We bought the lane indicator in Halfords.

[@Barbara-yj5tl]

Hope you enjoyed yourselves i’m thinking you enjoyed the Isle of Man more? It seems some areas of the IOW are a bit run down since we last went about 18 yrs ago..shame really x

[@LifeistooshortCK]

The Isle of Man was new to us so there felt like a lot more to explore. We have been to the Isle of Wight several times but always have a great trip there 🙂

[@maobfh]

I truly enjoy your videos and actually jumped in to see your video about the same time that you started to uploaded. Or, before you finished, anyway. The artistry keeps getting better, and I enjoy them more and more. Whether it was the subject matter, the music, the conversation or my mood, I believe this is my favorite KZbin video of all time. Thank you for a truly enjoyable break! I have now added The Isle of Wight to my bucket list, knocking Lands End off the list altogether. It may be that taking a little red camper or a similar type of mobile dwelling is the best way to visit. While the seaside inns looked lovely, one would need a car to visit everything. And so, if we are still traveling easily around early May of 24, it will be time I stop thinking and start doing. 3 questions, if I may? What was up with the car and caravan stopped on the bridge? Surely it was not an intentional stop(?). When the Marines moved into Chine for training, where did the residents go. I have always wondered where the dwellers go when a property is borrowed or taken for such purposes. Maybe Their Majesties provide alternative accommodations, maybe they stay on as staff, maybe many a family has been left destitute after being ejected and maybe I have no idea what I am talking about. Finally, regarding the tile mosaic found by the farmer - I will guess (the number of beans in a jar?) that the bird man was an early rendition of the plague masks that the healers wore and the settlement went nowhere but the inhabitants perished of some ailment brought in by ship that was previously unknown to the villagers. Not unlike smallpox to the Mohicans but not an intentional assault (lacking a better word).

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes, definitely best to explore the island in a small vehicle, some of the roads are narrow. We didn’t notice a car and caravan stopped on the bridge there was just a line of cars due to traffic lights. No idea if the residents had to move out when the Marines arrived for training, I think they just accommodated them. The bird mask was reminiscent of a plague mask. Hope you survived the summer holidays with your grandkids. Take care 🙂

[@ghulamqadiri638]

😍

[@Anita-rq9ev]

I know the weekend starts when you upload your weekly vlogs on Friday evenings. The Isle of Wight is lovely. How long did you stay in total? Looks relaxing and makes me grateful that I'm going on vacation in a few weeks to relax too😅. Thank you as always for sharing 🙏

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We were there for 10 nights due to commitments back home. Could easily have stayed longer. Enjoy your holiday 😀

[@Anita-rq9ev]

@@LifeistooshortCK I'm sure you could 👍. Thank you, I will hopefully 🙏

[@pamdooner9922]

I reckon these days figs will ripen on Isle of Wight and probably S England. Here in Brittany we had a friend with amazing figs. Climate change and all that!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

You’re probably right 🙂👍

[@jennyturner6399]

My sister has a fig tree and they have been eating figs for breakfast all summer! (They live on the Isle of Wight)😊

[@poorlyboy.713]

Any news on the new van yet?waiting with bated breath

[@LifeistooshortCK]

None at all. VW has not even started to build it yet so it is way past the time it was supposed to be with our convertor. Our get out clause activates soon. Meanwhile we have our little red camper.

[@ElMuelio]

It was totally the other driver's fault, you're supposed to reverse into spaces like that so you can see out when you want to leave!

[@williamchanning9055]

Another enjoyable vlog, did you stay overnight above Ventnor? (My home town years ago). Looking forward to the next episode 😊

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes, spent two lovely nights at different spots up on Ventnor Down. Great views 😁

[@Lizapendleton]

Do you have extra jumpers in your cushions rather than actual cushions? I get loads of extra stuff in using mine.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes, depending on the season we keep, scarves, hats, gloves, waterproofs or sarongs, etc in the cushions 🙂

[@Lizapendleton]

Guys can you get your van in a multi storey car park? Wondering how restricted by car park height barriers a NV 200 is please.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We are 1.94m high so can get in the vast majority of multi story car parks. Normal barrier car parks are not a problem for us at all.

[@Lizapendleton]

@@LifeistooshortCK oh that's great, thank you.

[@JCisJD]

Oooh , and another..."do figs ripen in the uk?"

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Yes

[@ladyrose358]

👍🙏🌹

[@Wizardinthewild]

That happened to me with the auto hand wash machines. Lovely history. Must get back to the Isle of Wight soon. Lovely video. Thank guys. 🙏🚐🧙‍♂️ Why didn’t you go in the Steamer It’s one of our favourites. 😍

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We did go in the Steamer but were not impressed by the menu or atmosphere. It must have changed hands since we were last there. They used to do a tasty prawn salad 😕