Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺<p>We're back in our digs in Shanklin.<br>It's been a very pleasant day. The buses worked out extremely well.</p><p>The bus services on the island with names (eg Island Coaster) don't accept old people's bus passes, which is fair enough as they are scenic, seasonal buses and the day tickets allow travel on all named routes for 24 hours.<br>(And frankly, if you can afford to stay on the island, you can afford to pay for the bus. <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/unpopularopinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unpopularopinion</span></a>)</p><p>Deeply unimpressed by the way the Needles Attraction has been developed, but The National Trust are doing a good job of looking after the Battery and the headland.</p><p>I normally enjoy bus trips, but 90 minutes was beyond my limit on winding, hilly country roads! <br>The bus drivers are seriously heroic. </p><p>Pizza for tea I think.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/IsleofWight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsleofWight</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/holiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holiday</span></a></p>