Flying across the Solent
Hi all Another escape to the coast & what is now supposedly the only scheduled hovercraft service in the world. Flying across the Solent to Ryde. Very quick & rather different. Then a complete change of transport 80 year old tube trains Rickety is an unde...
The Isle of Wight is several years/decades behind the mainland
but it is still a lovely place. Have fun.
The Isle of Wight and I have a horological connection.
The Audemars Piguet calibre 2003 (Vacheron & Constantin 1003) is 'ultra thin'. Actually, 1.64mm (yes, one point six four millimetres). To have mine serviced, I looked for a Fellow of the British Horological Institute (FBHI) and found one on … the Isle of ...
Isle of Wight
I was brought up in the Isle of Wight, went to school in Ryde and my young brother is still in business in nearby Wootton Bridge. Often visit and stay at lovely hotel in Ventnor, which used to serve afternoon tea to Queen Victoria. I remember in my youth ...
