A BRIGHT AND SUNNY WEDNESDAY – 07/08/2024

Good morning, everyone! It’s set to be a bright and sunny Wednesday, with temperatures of between 16 and 22 degrees C in the shade, accompanied by light WSW winds.

From the Cowes Floating Bridge website:

“Wednesday 7th August 2024 There will be a service suspension for two hours between 10:00am to 12:00noon. A launch service will be in place for foot passengers and cyclists only during this time.”

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A CLOUDY START TO A SUNNY TUESDAY – 06/08/2024

Good morning, everyone! The Met Office is promising a sunny day after a cloudy early start, with temperatures between 16 and 22 degrees C, accompanied by light WSW winds.

As the Red Funnel vehicle ferry disruption continues, this is from their website today:

“We are expecting minimal disruption on Tuesday 6 August. Customers who were booked on cancelled/affected sailings will be moved to the nearest available sailings, and contacted shortly Read on

A MOSTLY CLOUDY MONDAY – 05/08/2024

Good morning, everyone! The Met Office is predicting a mostly cloudy Monday with some sunshine during the late afternoon and evening. Temperatures will fluctuate between 17 and 22 degrees C accompanied by light SW winds.

From the Red Funnel website as their troubles continue today:

“As sailings are not as busy, we are expecting less disruption on Monday 5 August. We will be contacting customers who were booked on cancelled/affected … Read on

A MOSTLY SUNNY SUNDAY – 04/08/2024

Good morning, everyone. It looks like it’s going to be a mostly sunny Sunday with temperatures ranging from 16 to 22 degrees in the shade, accompanied by light WSW winds.

Red Funnel is still experiencing delays on their vehicle ferries and that is expected to continue until 09/08. Today, however, RF expects the delays to be slightly reduced. From their website:

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A CLOUDY START TO A SUNNY SATURDAY – 03/08/2024

Good morning, everyone! After a cloudy start the Met Office is expecting the overcast conditions to clear, in what should be a mostly sunny day. Temperatures should fluctuate between 17 and 22 degrees C accompanied by light to moderate WSW winds.

Red Funnel continues to operate a reduced service due to “issues with the Voith unit on the Red Eagle”. Delays are expected throughout the day, getting gradually longer … Read on

A WARM AND SUNNY FRIDAY – 02/08/2024

Good morning, everyone. The Met Office is promising a warm and sunny day but not has hot as yesterday. Temperatures are set to range from 18 to 24 degrees C, accompanied by light WSW winds.

Delays today are predicted by Red Funnel on what is already a reduced timetable. Delays of 1 hour are expected on the early morning sailings but later sailings are expected to be 4-5 hours delayed.… Read on

ANOTHER HOT AND SUNNY THURSDAY – 01/08/2024

Good morning, everyone. Despite a Met Office Yellow Warning for Thunderstorms being currently in place, according to today’s forecast it looks less and less likely that it will hit the Isle of Wight. It is going to be a hot one, however, with temperatures set to fluctuate between 21 and 27 degrees C in the shade, accompanied by light NNW and WSW winds.

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A HOT AND MOSTLY SUNNY WEDNESDAY – 31/07/2024

Good morning, everyone. The Met Office is promising us a hot and mostly sunny Wednesday, with temperatures between 19 and 28 degrees C accompanied by light ENE winds.

From the Southern Vectis Bus Twitter feed:

“Good morning, we currently have three road closures affecting our services today.

Route 2, 3, 8 & Island Coaster – Fitzroy Street closure
Route 6 – Castle Road, Ventnor & Berry Shute, Billingham closure

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A HOT AND SUNNY TUESDAY – 30/07/2024

Good morning, everyone! Today it’s going to be HOT so hats and suncream at the ready! Blue skies and sun throughout the day will see temperatures start at 17 this morning, rising to 30 degrees C in the shade by 15.00. N winds will be light.

Red Funnel is running a reduced vehicle ferry service today due to essential maintenance on one of its vessels. Today’s timetable will be as … Read on

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