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Isle of Wight

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I've just had a weeks holiday on the Isle of Wight.

I've never seen so many classics in daily use there were too many Morris Minors to count and every thing from an early E type to an Austin Four Truck.They have a two day classic car rally in September I might even take the MG over for the weekend.
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Re: Isle of Wight

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Thoroughly recommend the MMOC IOW Rally in September - been several times :wink:

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Re: Isle of Wight

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ASL642 wrote:Thoroughly recommend the MMOC IOW Rally in September - been several times :wink:

i'm going to try and get to it.
anyone know of any ferry offers over there? if not, i'll try tesco vouchers :p


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Re: Isle of Wight

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One goes from Lymington to Yarmouth (IOW). I've only used the Southampton to Ryde one. Shop around online to find the best prices. Usually cheaper if you can go on the Friday and return Monday.

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Re: Isle of Wight

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anyone know of any ferry offers over there?
Good luck finding one.I travelled over daily for 7 years. the ferry companies have that route tied up tighter than a pully nut.

I'd very much recommend the Lymington route over Southampton or Portsmouth. You get a nice drive through the New Forest before you sail and afterwards the west of the island is a much better drive than the road out of Cowes or Ryde.
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Re: Isle of Wight

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Peetee wrote:
anyone know of any ferry offers over there?
Good luck finding one.I travelled over daily for 7 years. the ferry companies have that route tied up tighter than a pully nut.

I'd very much recommend the Lymington route over Southampton or Portsmouth. You get a nice drive through the New Forest before you sail and afterwards the west of the island is a much better drive than the road out of Cowes or Ryde.

fare enough :D :D :D (sorry - couldn't resist)
we've been over with tghe family a fair bit, and the lymington/yarmouth crossing is our fave.
i know they do discounts for the steam rally, so wondered if they did for this -- long shot i know :p
i'll try tesco vouchers


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Re: Isle of Wight

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Don't remember any ferry discounts for the Rally. We've always just shopped around. There seem to be 3: wightlink, Isle of Wight ferries and Red Funnel.

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Re: Isle of Wight

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If you go early in the morning its much cheaper. Lymington the way to go, its not far from me :D
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