Discover the Isle of Wight
Walking the Isle of Wight — Part 1
When my husband suggested a family walking holiday on the Isle of Wight, I had to do a quick internet search on that. Getting there looked straightforward and after a recent trip to Australia, actually seemed pretty short. We did not get too much sleep on the overnight flight from DC and arrived at 0630.
To reach the Isle of Wight, off the Southern Coast of United Kingdom, one must plan. Without a car, one can take a series of trains from London Heathrow to one of the ferry terminals at Southampton, Portsmouth, or Lymington. With our family group of five traveling, we booked with a private van driver to make it easier for the sleepy travelers.
After a two-hour drive, we reached the Wightlink Ferry terminal in Lymington. The expresso bar at the station helped to pep us up as we waited for the 10:00 ferry. The trip across to Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight, took just about a half hour. Most of the passengers are pulling their cars onto the ferry to spend a holiday at their vacation homes or rental units on the island. Some visitors just cross for the day.
We located the owner of one of the two taxi companies on the Island and she called her driver with a van large enough for our family and all of our bags. She was quite astounded that a family from America had flown over to the UK solely…
