Unusual modes of transport you have used.

[Voley]

Funicular railway.
Hot air balloon.
Elephant.

I've never been on a hovercraft but would like to.

You?

 

[danny la rouge]

Funicular railway.
Airboat in Florida Everglades.
Dumbwaiter lift.

 

[Voley]

Dumbwaiter lift.

Alcohol involved?

 

[A380]

Hovercraft

Maglev
Camel
Elephant- as a small child
Penny farthing - easier than it looks
Funicular
Mini tank
Airboat
(Tourist) submarine
Auto rickshaw - not uncommon where it was
Grass skis- like a little caterpillar track on each foot, bonkers.
Paternoster lift


Do helicopters count? How about gliders?

 

[danny la rouge]

Alcohol involved?

Very much so.

 

[Voley]

Shikara

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Pogo-stick
Space-hopper
Bumper-boats

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Police wagons.
Army amphibious vehicles
Container ship
Jet powered fire engines
Skateboard
Shanks pony

 

[Spandex]

I dunno how unusual these are, but...

Glider
Helicopter
Cessna light aeroplane
Swan peddle boat
and of course I've been on a funicular, several. The one in Prague was my favourite.

 

[Spandex]

Pogo-stick

I've been on a pogo-stick, but I wouldn't describe it as a mode of transport. More an imminent accident that I escaped from.

Similarly, I got on a hoverboard, fell off and still have a scar on my elbow.

 

[weepiper]

I rode a BMX three and a half miles today, perhaps not the ideal commuting vehicle.

All sorts of odd bikes in the course of fixing things at work - recumbent off-road E-trike


Pedersen bike


Bickerton folding bike


Have been a passenger in the box of both of these




Had a shot of this guy's piano bike, it goes sideways when you pedal, quite terrifying

 

[StoneRoad]

Flown gliders & light aircraft [plus on a couple of commuter jets]

Have ridden on - or driven -
Funicular & rack railways plus multiple gauge "ordinary" railways [ from 7 1/4" up to Brunel's broad gauge]
A number of vintage trams, including horse-drawn. [not sure which in list to put the Snaefell Mountain Railway.
Better add in quite a number of "modern traction" inc the HST & Tyneside Metro prototypes.

Various ic road vehicles, of course. Some "posher" than others !
Got lifts from a JCB and local tractors over the years.
Plus rode in a Warrior and drove a Ferret
Better not forget the range of steam road vehicles [roller, traction engine, waggon and a steam bus]

William Riley [1909 built rowing lifeboat] plus been out on a lot of other RNLI [& other] lifeboats
Several launches in the Lake District, including "Gondola"
Various Ferries - chain, "normal" and FastCraft ... plus a couple of rowing ones [ie the one at Barmouth]
Several narrow-boats, inc an ex-icebreaker [that was an ar5e to steer, esp backwards]
Miller Fifer

I am having an un-winnable competion with a close friend.
Which of us can drive / ride on the widest range of vehicles.
[I'm leading on Railways, they're leading on boats]

E2A - paternoster lift in Fairfax House [Bristol] and the massive wooden escalator for the Tyne passenger tunnel
[oh and lot of Paisian commuter trams / RTP !]

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Funicular (Saltburn Cliff Lift being a favourite, the most recent one being in Bilbao)
Maglev

I've also been on an elephant and a camel but they were both very touristy things so I'm not sure I 'journeyed' on them iyswim.

 

[danny la rouge]

Shikara

skiffs don’t lie.

 

[Spandex]

and monorail

 

[mx wcfc]

Canoe

Bowness to Waterside on Windermere.
No, it was not fun.

 

[klang]

Pater Noster

 

[danny la rouge]

Pater Noster

Nope, nope, nope. No thank you.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Water-powered funicular
Glider
One of those cable ferries across the Rhine in Basel that are just pushed along by the current
Cable car
Jet ski
Camel
This sort of double-tandem four-seater bike thing. My mate built it, never seen anything else like it

 

[Idris2002]

Night train to northern Ontario.

Hovercraft across Freetown harbour.

Jet boat from Queenstown, New Zealand.

Paternoster at the university of Vienna.

Funicular railway in Lisbon.

 

[Idris2002]

Nope, nope, nope. No thank you.

You haven't lived.

 

[StoneRoad]

Funicular (Saltburn Cliff Lift being a favourite, the most recent one being in Bilbao)
Maglev

I've also been on an elephant and a camel but they were both very touristy things so I'm not sure I 'journeyed' on them iyswim.

Glad you like Saltburn ...
I had a lot to do with the 2010/11 restoration [Victorianisation] of the cars.

 

[danny la rouge]

You haven't lived.

Unsatisfactory though it’s been, I’d like to continue living.

 

[Idris2002]

Unsatisfactory though it’s been, I’d like to continue living.

Hey hey my my

Danny la rouge will never die

 

[VivaE]

Wheelbarrow
Shopping trolley

 

[brogdale]

Wot no Wuppertaler Schwebebahn, yet? Mrs B & myself thoroughly enjoyed our 2018 ride!

 

[SpookyFrank]

Wheelbarrow
Shopping trolley

I once pushed my mate down a hill in a wheelie bin balanced on a skateboard. It ended about as badly as you would think.

My brother once got pushed down a hill inside a tractor tyre. It was quite a steep hill, and when he hit the hedge at the bottom he got enough air to clear both lanes of the A377, but sadly didn't have enough steering to avoid the trees on the far side. Can't remember which bones he broke but it was more than one.

 

[Voley]

 

[Happy Tree]

I was on the hovercraft Dover to Calais. It was ok. Faster than the ferry. They should bring it back.

 

[brogdale]

On the same 2018 trip to Germany we also used the magnificent St. Pauli Elbtunnel that links central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the southern side of the Elbe. We didn't use the car lift, just the pedestrian one and walked under the river and got a ferry back. I think it counts asa mode of transport?