Thanks to all for the advice.
The flight across the solent was quite spetacular, especially as everyone seemed to be out in their boats and that's quite a sight from 4000ft.
I made it to Sandown and I was impressed. It has a nice little cafe that did a nice cheese roll served by an even nicer young filly
. Although the approach is a bit tricky as you seem to skim the trees on finals. Still made it in and out in one piece so can't complain. It's easy to find from the air and being able to saunter into town from the field is a nice change when looking for somewhere different to fly to, rather than being stuck 10 miles from anywhere.
Now, where to next......