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August 1

How to get from island to mainland or other island by vehicle

How do you travel from an island to the mainland or another island by car, van or lorry? 86.149.32.193 (talk) 18:05, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Usually either a ferry, causeway or bridge. Did you have a particular island in mind? Alansplodge (talk) 18:32, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To get from Great Britain to mainland Europe you can also use Eurotunnel Le Shuttle. --Lambiam 19:26, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have 1 particular island in mind. The fictional Craggy Island from Father Ted. See the opening intro. 86.149.32.193 (talk) 20:55, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If water is shallow and there are tides big enough you could just drive accross a dried seabed during the low tide. --CiaPan (talk) 21:32, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Given that the island is fictional, you could just take your flying car. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:41, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Amphibious vehicle? 41.23.55.195 (talk) 05:38, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Or even by air ferry. British United Air Ferries used to provide such a service. My mother once flew on one of their Aviation Traders Carvairs, and so did Auric Goldfinger. PiusImpavidus (talk) 09:36, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Craggy Island is widely believed to have been based on one or other of the Aran Islands - see "The real Craggy Island" - however it seems that if so, the programme-makers used some dramatic licence since the ferry company serving the islands does not carry cars, which have to be brought as cargo on a ship from Galway Docks. [1] Alansplodge (talk) 10:45, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No vehicle ferries? 86.149.32.193 (talk) 20:12, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No; click the link I provided: "There are no car ferries operating to the islands. Ferries to the Aran Islands are for foot passengers only". Alansplodge (talk) 12:36, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Or go by hovercraft (after checking for eels). ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:26, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For anyone that didn't get Bugs's joke, see Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook--Jayron 32 11:54, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]