Ticket to Ryde

We checked out of our hotel this morning and spent a lovely couple of hours in Ryde.

We walked to the end of the pier (681m each way) and watched the trains and cars travel along it to the port at the end. We also saw the catamarans and hovercrafts setting off for Portsmouth.

We also walked along the front to Rapunzel's tower (or Appley Tower) where we used to go when I was a child - there was a cute little shop in there selling things made of shells which I used to love in the 1970/80s. Sadly it is all closed up now.

We headed back home this afternoon. We have had a lovely break.