We booked a short ferry inclusive break at Southlands in October. A check of the weather forecast before we left home showed that there would be an East wind, which usually means a cold wind. Southlands is surrounded by high hedges on the grassed section, and they offer excellent protection from wind coming from most directions. The hard standing section does not have this protection. We like the way the grassed pitches are in small sections divided by hedging about 1 metre high which reminded us of what we like about many French campsites. Whilst we were there the wardens were working very hard to repair the wear the grass pitches had suffered over the summer, and this meant that a number of pitches were not available, but this in no way restricted us finding a suitable spot. The toilet block was immaculate and the showers lovely and warm. The whole site was very well kept and even the great amount of hedging was all well trimmed. (Not a job I would want to undertake). The dog walk is one of the best we have encountered. The only down side we encountered was some traffic noise during the day, but there appeared to be little passing traffic at night. Be warned that the road up to the site from the main road is a bit bumpy in places and there is evidence of vehicles grounding in a couple of places, so my advice is take your time for the last part of the journey. There is a large Morrisons Supermarket on the A 3056 towards Sandown, about 2 miles from the site with Lidls and Aldis further on.