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Hovertravel - 20% discount code for the Isle of Wight hovercraft (expired 30/09/23)

23/2/2023

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**This discount code has expired - but check our main guide to ferry discounts for the latest offers**
Hovertravel hovercraft to the Isle of Wight
We've got an ongoing 20% off deal with Hovertravel
We've had an exclusive 20% discount code with Hovertravel on our Discount Isle of Wight Ferry Travel Guide for a while now. However, it is buried away a little amongst the other deals for Wightlink and Red Funnel.

It also seems a good time to mention it as you may be planning an Isle of Wight day trip from Portsmouth. After all, the nights are getting longer, snowdrops are sprouting in churchyards and lambs are frolicking in the fields (Ed: don't get carried away). 

So, here it is... (CODE DELETED AS NO LONGER VALID - check this page instead)
There are a few terms and conditions to this offer:

20% discount on standard adult and child day and period returns only. Not available on Senior or Student fares. Tickets are non-transferable, and non-refundable subject to the Disruption Policy. Hovertravel reserve the right to withdraw this offer at any time. Standard Hovertravel booking Terms and Conditions apply.
Newcomers to Isle of Wight travel might like to know a few things about the hovercraft.
  • The hovercraft travels from Southsea to Ryde Esplanade. If you are getting a train to Portsmouth Harbour then you'll need to walk 1.2 miles or catch a bus which costs about £4 return for an adult.
  • You can't take your car on the hovercraft. The hovercraft can carryfour bicycles at a time, which travel for free with an owner. You can't book a bicycle, so it's first come first served. Alternatively, you could gather up the other cyclists and arrange a sprint along Southsea seafront to decide who gets to take their bike onboard.
  • It takes about 10 minutes to get to the Isle of Wight on the hovercraft. That's the quickest of all six ferries which travel to the Isle of Wight. You may like to refer to it as "two Peppa Pig episodes" if you are travelling with a young child who doesn't understand time.
  • Technically, the hovercraft is a flight rather than a ferry crossing as it flies slightly above the water. Please do not ask for directions to the duty-free lounge or passport control. It's not big, it's not clever and they don't like it. You're a grown man in your late 30s, stop behaving like a child.
  • Once you reach the Isle of Wight, the world is your oyster (to an extent). You can jump on theIsle of Wight's only modern trainline to head towards Shanklin or get onto an open top bus which does a circle of popular spots. Alternatively, you can wander round Ryde or walk along the coastal path. We've written a whole guide to days out from Portsmouth which will satisfy your every desire.
Appley beach sands
An uninspiring photo of Appley beach (don't worry, the Isle of Wight is much nicer than this)
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Which Is Best - Sandown or Shanklin?

21/2/2023

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Shanklin beach
Shanklin gets our vote for its well-kept esplanade, chine and parks...
Premier Inn Hotel Sandown
...although Sandown has its advantages, including a Premier Inn hotel right on the seafront
Sandown and Shanklin are two of the Isle of Wight's most popular holiday towns - but which is best?

The short answer is that Shanklin is my personal favourite as it has a thriving seafront (in summer), a thatched old village and nice parks. However, Sandown has its own advantages including an old-fashioned pier, a couple of large seafront hotels and good attractions at the Yaverland end of the town.

Shanklin is home to two large holiday parks run by big-name Parkdean Resorts (Landguard Holiday Park and Lower Hyde) as well as a posh hotel called Haven Hall Hotel. Meanwhile, Sandown has two Premier Inn hotels (well, one of them is actually in Lake but it's close enough) alongside lots of independent guest houses and B&Bs.

Read on for my more-detailed comparison or see our guide to the 10 best places to stay in Shanklin and the 10 best places to stay in Sandown. 

As an aside, it's worth saying that Sandown and Shanklin are good choices if you like traditional English seaside resorts where you can build sandcastles and lose 2p coins into a machine which slides back and forth. 

Sandown and Shanklin are not good choices if you like undeveloped landscapes and silence. For such things, I would go for:
  • The West Wight if you enjoy unspoilt coastlines and long walks.
  • The South Wight if you like dramatic rocky beaches and remoteness. 
  • Bembridge, Yarmouth or Cowes if you want a posher town with a harbour and yachty people wearing red trousers and cravats. 

See our full guide on choosing the right Isle of Wight town for you.

Anyway, back to Sandown and Shanklin.
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Shanklin: The Good, The Bad and the Minigolf

Overall, I'm a bigger fan of Shanklin.

The town has three main sections:

  1. The old village is the thatched part of Shanklin. There are some nice old buildings with twee tearooms and places to buy a stick of rock as well as Shanklin Theatre, which (I think) is the Isle of Wight's largest theatre. This area leads to Rylstone Gardens and Shanklin Chine, which are both leafy and attractive places for a wander. Rylstone Gardens is free, whilst you have to pay for Shanklin Chine.

  2. There's also Shanklin esplanade, which is a long sandy section backed by amusements, minigolf, restaurants and cafes. There is some accommodation on the esplanade such as Shoreside Inn but most of Shanklin's hotels and guest houses are on the cliffs overlooking the beach or further back. The beach has deck chairs for hire, alongside paddleboards and other things you can fall off gracefully.

  3. The third part of Shanklin is an area with shopping streets with the usual small-town stuff. 

Shanklin's seafront has plenty of life to it on a sunny day. The owners of the amusements and funfair keep investing money in it, so there are usually a few new machines to throw money at each time we visit. The funfair is good for under-10s but don't turn up expecting big rollercoasters that sell you an expensive keyring with your screaming face on it. We like the ("count em!") three minigolf courses including one indoor course called Caddyshack.

Nice places to eat on Shanklin's esplanade, include The Steamer, The Waterfront and The Fisherman's Cottage, which is a thatched pub. If you want cream teas served on delicate crockery you'll want to head for Shanklin's Old Village instead.

​Parking on Shanklin seafront can be difficult at peak times, and I've occasionally found myself saying "I'll drop you off and find somewhere to park". By the time I've returned, everyone has played three rounds of minigolf, eaten an ice cream and built a sand statue of The Needles. If you find somewhere to stay on the seafront, I would check if they have parking or you will spend the week moving the car around like a parking valet. Free or cheap parking is difficult to come by in Shanklin, but we have compiled some suggestions here.

On a wet day in winter, Shanklin's seafront can be a little bleak. The amusement arcade is usually open and you'll have no trouble finding a parking space. You might have trouble finding other human beings, but that's less of a concern to me.
Landguard Holiday Park
Shanklin has two large Parkdean Resorts sites including Landguard Holiday Park
Shanklin's Ocean View Hotel
Shanklin's Ocean View Hotel sits on the cliff overlooking the beach

The Ups and Downs of Sandown

Sandown's a bit of a mixed bag, with some very good points and some less good.

The long sandy beach is fantastic and it has won awards for water cleanliness (check the Surfers Against Sewage website for the latest poos news). There's a surf school based at the beach called iSurf.

Countryfile Magazine went so far as to call Sandown Bay the UK's best beach in 2019. 

Sandown's Esplanade has a couple of large hotels with good reputations, including The Trouville and Premier Inn Sandown Seafront. There is more than one Premier Inn in the local area, so make sure you choose the right one.

On this front, Sandown beats Shanklin. Most of Shanklin's bigger and better hotels are on the cliffs overlooking the beach rather than actually on the esplanade. 

However, it's worth mentioning that Sandown currently has a rather sorry-looking selection of closed hotels on the seafront including the previously popular Ocean Hotel (read more on the reasons for this if you want to procrastinate). This rather lets down seafront, which has plenty of things in its favour.

The largest seafront entertainment in Sandown is Sandown Pier, which is the last of its kind on the Isle of Wight. There are three other piers in Totland, Yarmouth and Ryde but Sandown's is the only one that offers old fashioned attractions. Sandown Pier isn't my favourite place on the Isle of Wight but it has provided shelter and cheap amusement on a couple of occasions. (As an aside, I've never understood why the long walkway at Bembridge isn't described as a pier when it looks very much like one - feel free to comment below if you know the answer).

We much prefer the attractions at the Yaverland end of Sandown. Here, you'll find Sandham Gardens, which has a modern minigolf course, tame go-karts for younger children, large bouncy nets and a great playground. Nearby is a dinosaur museum (Dinosaur Isle) and Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, which was previously called Isle of Wight Zoo. These are both good attractions that fill a bit of time.

Trouville Hotel in Sandown
The Trouville is a large hotel on Sandown seafront with a good reputation

A few other disorganised thoughts about Sandown And SHanklin

  • Both Sandown and Shanklin have a railway station, so either town is a good option if you are travelling without a car. You will want to get the Wightlink ferry from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head or the Hovertravel hovercraft from Southsea to Ryde Esplanade. See our guide to public transport or our ferry guide for money saving deals.

  • Sandown and Shanklin are on one of the Isle of Wight's open top bus routes which run during the warmer months. See the Southern Vectis website for more of this sort of thing.

  • We sometimes visit the beach at Lake which sits halfway between Sandown and Shanklin. It is also known as Dunroamin Beach, presumably because someone started walking from Sandown to Shanklin, then gave up and declared "I'm done roaming, let's just pitch the windbreak here". Lake itself doesn't offer much for holidaymakers but the beach is nice and sandy and considerably quieter than Sandown or Shanklin's beaches.
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  • If you want somewhere between Sandown and Shanklin and don't mind being a couple of miles from the beach then I would look at Cheverton Copse Holiday Park. It gets excellent reviews and regularly ranks well in our holiday park price comparisons.
Cheverton Copse Holiday Park
Cheverton Copse is a good value holiday park that is a short drive from Sandown and Shanklin
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7 New Things On The Isle of Wight in 2023

9/2/2023

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It is around this time of year that Mrs Guru starts saying "I'm enjoying these lighter evenings". The sun is setting at 5pm, but it still feels a lot better than the gloom of early January.

Sunny days on the Isle of Wight's beaches certainly start to feel a little closer. If I can close my eyes, I can taste the mint choc chip ice cream.

We've been digging around for new things to see and do for 2023. Here are some of our highlights:

1. Blackgang Chine's New Ride

At the end of 2022, we waved goodbye to the Cliffhanger Rollercoaster. We all gathered round and sent it flying off the cliff and into the sea where it began its long journey to the French coast (Ed: citation needed?).

A new ride is taking its place for the 2023 season...as this video teases.

2. Something bouncy at Robin Hill

Sister theme park Robin Hill is also getting something new for 2023. 

The teaser mentions 'jumping for joy' so my hunch is it will be a) trampolines b) a bouncy pillow or c) A Level students on the front of every local newspaper.

3. Bingo at The Cow

Tapnell Farm is always coming up with new stuff to occupy our half terms and summer evenings. This year, it is the arrival of bingo at The Cow. 

4. The Return of Thompson's Restaurants

Robert Thompson has been associated with a few excellent eateries on the Isle of Wight. He was chef at Ventnor's Hambrough when it won a Michelin star a few years ago. He then set up his own restaurant in Newport, before leaving to work at a hotel in Cowes. The Newport restaurant is back open again for 2023, which caused some excitement with Mrs Guru. 

If you're into taster menus and that sort of thing then it's well worth a visit.
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5. Pottery classes at Tregear

Niton's Tregear pottery make some really lovely sea themed items, which make excellent souvenirs for the sort of mother-in-law who shops at Waitrose.

They are now offering have-a-go sessions. I am sure my efforts would look like a brown splodge but it might be fun to find out.
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6. Robbie Williams' Return To The Isle of Wight

Readers with a long memory will be familiar with the Take That video that was filmed on Sandown Beach in 1992. It was a heady time of rollerblading and volleyball on a day which looked only vaguely sunny. I suspect the boys were putting on a brave face.
33 years later, Robbie Williams is returning to the Isle of Wight to headline the Isle of Wight Festival, along with The Chemical Brothers, Pulp and George Ezra. It's possible that he has returned in the interim to visit Godshill's Model Village but I think I would have heard.

Introducing the #IOW2023 line-up… headlined by the incredible Pulp, @george_ezra, @ChemBros and a UK festival exclusive performance from @robbiewilliams as well as many more great acts! □ pic.twitter.com/tWvByoMUV0

— Isle of Wight Festival (@IsleOfWightFest) October 31, 2022

7. No. 10 Bayclose

Alright, alright, this is appalling self promotion for which I apologise.

We now have a holiday let which is available to hire. It's in the West Wight and has a nice view of Freshwater Bay, which often ranks in my top five beaches guide. 
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An Action Hero: An Isle of Wight Related Movie Review

3/2/2023

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Ventnor seafront and rocks
Some of An Action Hero is filmed in Ventnor (Netflix won't let me take screenshots, sorry about that)
I think it's fair to say that I will watch any TV programme or film which features the Isle of Wight. If they make another terrible sequel to Home Alone and film it in Godshill, I will watch the entire thing, or at least look in the background for familiar thatched cottages.

And so we fired up Netflix with great excitement to watch An Action Hero.

I will not give too much away, but the gist of it is that a big Bollywood star is forced to flee and ends up in Ventnor. The town isn't described as being on the Isle of Wight, but is presented as though it is mainland England's coast.

We are then treated to a series of local scenes including:
  • an opening drone shot of Ventnor overlaid in great big red letters saying 'Portsmouth'. Let's not dwell on that for too long, as I always take it personally when someone suggests the Isle of Wight might be in Hampshire (it hasn't been for several decades).
  • a meeting on Ventnor Esplanade, including a drink at the Met Italia in the sunshine and a mooch around the walkway where Ventnor Pier used to be. This scene will make you crave sunnier days.
  • a shootout at a posh looking house, which I think is overlooking Wootton Creek on that bumpy bit of road leading down to PGL and Woodside Coastal Retreat.
  • a police chase through Ventnor, incorporating a trip to the Co-op and a bit of acrobatics on some scaffolding. I enjoyed seeing Ayushmann Khurrana having to skip around roadworks and closures thanks to Ventnor's, er, unusual landscape.
  • a race along the Military Road, followed by a bit of fisty cuffs between Jaideep Ahlawat and Ayushmann Khurrana in the National Trust car park by Freshwater Bay Golf Course. This is one of my favourite spots for parking up and eating a sandwich. Next time I am visiting with my brother we will take a moment to recreate the scene over a prawn sandwich. Personally, I would like the driving scene to have lasted for longer. Perhaps they will offer an extended version for Wightophiles with slow motion shots of Compton Down.
  • a meeting at the Blacksmiths Arms, or the Blacksmiths as it is now known. I was disappointed that he didn't order the pork belly and the pavlova but I still enjoyed the scene. This is a great pub, by the way, and features in our guide to the Isle of Wight's best pubs with a playground.

It is worth saying that there is a fair amount of geographical confusion in An Action Hero. Ayushmann Khurrana appears to run the 12 miles from Wootton Creek to Ventnor and then drives from the Military Road (described as the A1 for some reason) onto a motorway. He then ends up in the South Downs admiring the Seven Sisters before returning to the Island. Eventually, he ends up in London without catching a ferry. The fixed link campaigners will be salivating at this scene.

There is not a great deal of nuance and hidden depth in An Action Hero. It will not be studied on courses about cinema. There also wasn't a lot of romance, so Mrs Guru kept wandering off or staring at her phone.

However, I enjoyed the punching, shooting, wise-cracking and vrooming around whilst admiring the background and saying "oooh, that's where we dropped an ice cream last summer!".
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