{"id":2214,"date":"2017-08-23T22:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T22:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2024-07-28T18:34:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T17:34:46","slug":"ticket-to-ryde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=2214","title":{"rendered":"Ticket to Ryde"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Something Jon has wanted to do for ages … take the Hovercraft<\/a> over to the Isle of Wight. I left the arrangements in Jon’s capable hands and are a little investigating, they were running special offers in the Summer Holidays. \u00a325 return trip for 2 adults and up to 3 children on Mondays to Wednesdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spoke to a friend and asked if we could borrow their two boys for the day (well, it turned out to be two days!) and told her what we were doing. The boys were not told what the plans were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boys arrived just after 8am and spent the entire morning, including the journey down trying to guess where we were going. Even as we approached Southsea and saw signs saying Hovercraft, they still didn’t twig!<\/p>\n\n\n

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We eventually parked the car, crossed the road and then they twigged … “Are we going on the Hovercraft? Cool!!”
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The Hovercraft holds about 100 passengers and takes just 10 minutes to reach Ryde on the Isle of Wight. It was really fast and very cool. The company that runs the Hovercraft had just purchased two new craft – the Solent Flyer and the Island Flyer. The old hovercraft was just sat on the concrete quayside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had arrived in Ryde all too quickly and then waited to watch the Hovercraft make its return journey. Doors closed then the skirt was inflated and very quickly, the Hovercraft span around and headed by towards Southsea.<\/p>\n\n\n

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After watching the Hovercraft disappear into the distance, we started to walk around the coastal patch with a slight detour into the Arcades. No seaside town is complete without machines allowing you to waste your money! We’d come prepared – a bag of 2p and 10p pieces that the kids could put into the machines! The Tipping Point style machines were the biggest hit … although the kids did have their eyes on trying to get something out of the grabber machines – the ones that rarely pay out!<\/p>\n\n\n

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