Visiting the Isle of Wight

[Norman Potting]

How was it then, pix??

Did you get a small glass thing full of coloured sand?

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Question for regular visitors to the island .

Can you buy a through rail ticket from Sussex , over the water and to Newport or other places served by trains on I O W?

 

[LamieRobertson]

surely not Chine as well

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE HOVER CROSSING YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE A NSC POSTER TAKING YOU OVER IF YOU ARE LUCKY

on return journey would i have to leave ten minutes early?

 

[Eeyore]

How was it then, pix??

Did you get a small glass thing full of coloured sand?

Blog here:

http://brightonlines.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/a-cheap-day-return-to-shanklin/

I was time limited, so only managed to visit Shanklin.

 

[goldstone]

I really like the Isle of Wight. The ferry crossing makes it "special" and it's a bit like a different country.

They really missed a trick when they closed all the railway lines except the one from Ryde to Shanklin. Imagine if they had kept the whole network in place and steam operated? It would be a tremendous draw for tourists and steam enthusiasts. As it is there is only one short section of line operated as a steam heritage railway.

 

[atfc village]

I never really use the Trains now ,usually use the buses .Even on the quiet IOW Friday and Saturday night you can have a night out and jump on a bus at 3am and get back to where your staying .

 

[geodavies]

If you haven't been for 25 years you will notice that about 2 miles of blackgang chimes is now in the sea.

TB

When can you hear the chimes

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Don't forget the Donkey Sanctuary, bloody fab fellas

http://www.iwdonkey-sanctuary.com/site/gallery/

Lots of the Isle of White is pretty timeless and little different from when I was a kid

 

[spring hall convert]

Been to the Isle of Wight for the last 4 years for Bestival, we always spend another night on the island in Ventnor, beautiful place.

The Garlic farm is worth a visit as well.