Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Just to let you all know it now cost 40p for foot passengers and cyclists to use the ferry.
It is a flat rate of 40p for a return ticket.
It is a flat rate of 40p for a return ticket.
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Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Hooray! Now the ferry man can afford to smile [emoji6]Only miserable basket I met on the whole island doing a tour this Spring....b
Edit: Will he accept £20 notes?
Edit: Will he accept £20 notes?
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Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Where does this ferry run to/from?
I'm assuming it's an "internal" ferry somewhere on the island.
I'm assuming it's an "internal" ferry somewhere on the island.
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Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Wesh-Laurence wrote:Where does this ferry run to/from?
I'm assuming it's an "internal" ferry somewhere on the island.
It's over the river in Cowes. I loved it when I did my little tour in the spring. Proper adventure stuff. It's held together with elastic bands and wire. [emoji6]
Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Get saving, folks!
Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Samuel D wrote:Get saving, folks!
No need. You can always cycle round via Newport.
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Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Reminds me of the old joke.
What's brown and steams backwards out of Cowes?
What's brown and steams backwards out of Cowes?
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
I used this ferry last week - the ticket is 40p as stated and can be used twice in either direction (so 'returning' or going the same direction twice - if that makes sense) and the ticket is valid indefinitely.
I think in the long term there will be ticket machines, but last week the tickets were dispensed by a very cheerful and helpful lady.
These chain link ferries are simple machines and if you've not traveled on one before - then do it for the fun of it. The crossing time is just a few minutes
I think in the long term there will be ticket machines, but last week the tickets were dispensed by a very cheerful and helpful lady.
These chain link ferries are simple machines and if you've not traveled on one before - then do it for the fun of it. The crossing time is just a few minutes
Without my stoker, every trip would only be half a journey
Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
bikes4two wrote:These chain link ferries are simple machines and if you've not traveled on one before - then do it for the fun of it.
Others are at Sandbanks, Dorset, Trelissick, Cornwall ('King Harry Ferry'), Torpoint, Devon/Cornwall, Dartmouth, Devon, Windermere, or Reedham, Norfolk.
For a more unusual bike-on-bigger-vehicle trip, try taking a bike on the Southsea - Ryde hovercraft, the only remaining hovercraft service in Europe. Bikes are carried in luggage bays with external doors, known as 'panniers' - probably the only occasion a bike can be in a pannier.
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Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Mike Sales wrote:Reminds me of the old joke.
What's brown and steams backwards out of Cowes?
the isle of Wight ferry
Percussive maintainance, if it don't fit, hit it with the hammer.
Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
When I took my bike across I think it was FOC, might be wrong as it was many years ago when the TDF was in Portsmouth.
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Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
Redvee wrote:When I took my bike across I think it was FOC, might be wrong as it was many years ago when the TDF was in Portsmouth.
You are correct: it USED to be FOC. Now we have to save up agressively[emoji6]
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TonyR wrote:Samuel D wrote:Get saving, folks!
No need. You can always cycle round via Newport.
I don’t mind admitting this really cracked me up!
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Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
jgurney wrote:Others are at Sandbanks, Dorset, Trelissick, Cornwall ('King Harry Ferry'), Torpoint, Devon/Cornwall, Dartmouth, Devon, Windermere, or Reedham, Norfolk.
Thanks for that list. Wasn't a huge fan of the roads into Falmouth when I was last down there so Trelissick looks like a nice alternative for next time
Re: Isle of Wight Chain Ferry
jgurney wrote:For a more unusual bike-on-bigger-vehicle trip, try taking a bike on the Southsea - Ryde hovercraft, the only remaining hovercraft service in Europe.
Bikes are carried in luggage bays with external doors, known as 'panniers' - probably the only occasion a bike can be in a pannier.
I've been keen to try the hovercraft over the past few years, only to remember that the bicycle is pretty much guaranteed to be sprayed with seawater, from departure to arrival.