The Island is only 27 miles across and
is 72 miles in circumference so nowhere is ever that far
to travel. Southern Vectis, our 75 year-old bus company offers
a comprehensive service to all corners of the Island, there
are trains twice an hour running from Ryde through to Shanklin,
there are 500 miles of footpaths to explore and ample county
lanes and trails to discover by bike.
If you are bringing your car we do recommend
that you leave it onsite and travel the Island via a more
environmentally sensitive method, the Island roads during
the summer can be very congested and are not of the quality
expected on the mainland, so it is not advisable to bring
your new Ferrari as it may be ground-out by the numerous
pot holes and semi-tracks we call roads here on the Island!!!
Actually that sounds a little harsh; they are more 'rustic'
or 'rural' in nature!
