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Today was my very first visit to what is known around these parts as The Island. Wightlink ferries charge an amazing £53.70 to take a car across. And on top of that they charge £8.60 for every passenger in the car. Which makes it, I believe, the most expensive strip of water per metre to cross in all of Europe. What do you get for this money? A 35 minute crossing, with a cafe/bar and a sun deck (not much use today). And on the way back, we got an hours wait for a ferry. When that one turned up and we pulled out of Fishbourne, another one was waiting to dock. Typical. You wait for hours, and then two come along at once!