A USEFUL MAP

Here you can see Wilson's Souvenir of Alum Bay and The Needles after he filled it with coloured sands. It looks great, doesn't it — he is delighted with how it turned out! 

He says that apart from it's value as a treasured souvenir of a great and momentous day, it will be useful when telling everyone at home where he'd been during his holiday adventures.

He even asked me whether I'd like to keep it in the car while we're here, to help me navigate around the island — I told him that I was honoured, but that such a valuable artefact would probably be safer if we left it back at the hotel.

His only disappointment was not finding any ants in the trays of sand. 'I expect the staff check them out before the visitors arrive and pick out all the best ants for themselves!' he confided in a knowing whisper…