Growing up, if the wind was right, I used to be able to hear the Ryde-Southsea hovercraft mentioned in the article from my bedroom window, about a KM away. It's

Growing up, if the wind was right, I used to be able to hear the Ryde-Southsea hovercraft mentioned in the article from my bedroom window, about a KM away. It's still a really exciting way to cross the Solent. And slightly cheaper than everything else (which is nice, because the Solent is incredibly expensive to cross).