AUTHOR: Mark Rowe is a wildlife and outdoors journalist with 20+ years' experience. He has visited the Isle of Wight more than 30 times over the years, first as a teenager, then as a walker and birdwatcher, now as a parent. He has an eye for detail but also the quirky and unusual side of Island life, which is very much part of an experience on this island. Mark Rowe is the author of the online Slow Wight Travel Guide.