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The Hovercraft from Southsea to Ryde
The Hovercraft from Southsea in Hampshire to Ryde on the Isle of Wight is the last commercial passenger hovercraft service in England, and one of two left in Europe. [1] Hovercrafts were the future, once. A British invention, from the endearingly stereotypical crackpot eccentric Christopher Cockrell, these were the postwar zeppelins: a mode of transport Read more
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Portsmouth – Ryde ferry: gateway to the 1950s
I woke up early today, and so decided to get the hovercraft to the Isle of Wight. People have been holding me back from travelling by hovercraft for too long. It’s time I ignored the haters and lived my best life. I arrived at the hoverport to find it closed. Google had told me the Read more
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