Hythe Ferry Mr Bloom: Here and There

# Hello! My name is Mr Bloom

# And I'd like to come to see you soon

# I'm out on the road, you see

# Here and there so that we can get together and have some fun

# I'll help you out if there's work to be done

# So, where is it you like to go?

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do?

# I'll pop along and do it, too

# Cities, towns, or countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there

# Here and there

# I'm here and there. #

Ay, hello there, tiddlers - how are you tiddling?

It's Mr Bloom here.

Did you know, I love going here and there?

Meeting you and finding out what you like to do where you live.

Perhaps you might like to go exploring?

Or, feed the ducks at the pond?

Or, maybe, playing with your friends in the park?

CHIMING

Ooh, ay, it's the Route Finder. Wonder who it might be?

Hi, Mr Bloom, I'm Maddie.

And I'm Ali.

And I'm Ben.

-ALL:

-And we love Hythe!

You can catch a train down to the edge of the pier.

We're going!

Or ride on a big boat called the ferry.

I love running up and down the promenade.

And we all like eating fish and chips on the marina,

watching the boats come in.

I wonder if people can ride on that boat?

-Mr Bloom,

-why don't you come and visit?

We'd love to show you around.

Hey, this sounds fantastic! I'd love to see that.

And are you going to come, too?

Well, come on, then!

Off we go!

# Whereabouts will I end up next?

# Let's put my Route Finder to the test

# It could be a beach, a village, or a city

# Museum or a school A garden so pretty

# A church or a station, a river or town

# I just can't wait till you show me around

# Tiddlers, I'm on my way

# So where am I today? #

Southampton!

SQUAWK! SQUAWK!

Wow! This is a busy marina, isn't it? Look at all those boats.

Here, I bet I find loads of things for my logbook today.

First things first, I need to find those tiddlers, don't I?

Where might they be?

Ooh, ay...I think I spied them.

Should we go say hello?

Yeah, come on, then.

Oi, oi, here they are.

We've got Ali, Maddie, and Ben. Hello, tiddlers!

-Hello!

-Hi!

-Hello!

-And hello, mums and dads.

-ALL: Hello!

We've got a right day for it today, haven't we?

Very wet and windy, yuk.

-Maybe this will help, Mr Bloom.

-What's this, Maddie?

A hot chocolate.

Aw, that's very kind of you. I think that'll do the trick, won't it?

Mm-mm, oh, yes, better.

-So, Ben, what are we doing today?

-We could go on the Hythe Ferry.

Sounds good. How are we going to get there, Ali?

We're going to go Hythe Pier Train.

So, we're getting a train that'll take us to the ferry.

-Shall we make a move?

-ALL: Yes!

-All right.

-Come on!

-Let's go!

HORN BLARES

Four tickets for the Hythe Ferry, please.

And there's your tickets.

-Thank you.

-Bye-bye. ALI:

-Can I hold my ticket?

-Which one are we going in, Ben?

-The middle one...at the end.

This one!

Sit next to me, Mr Bloom.

And the door!

Ben, I heard you know a lot about this train, is that right?

-Yes.

-What can you tell me about it?

Well, I know that it's very old.

It's the oldest pier train ever built.

So, this old train, Ali, how does it work?

-It's electric.

-I see.

What type of noise does this train make, Maddie?

Does it go like normal trains?

Does it go - chugga-de-dun-de-dun choo-choo!

-No.

-No, really?

It's creaky, and it's very quiet.

Here we go, tiddlers, off we go!

-I can see some swans!

-Oh, yeah.

Hello, swans.

And, tiddlers, tell me, who can see the sea?

-Me!

-Me, me, me!

-Where is it, where is it?

-ALL: There!

We're here.

Let's go, come on, then.

Right, well, this is the end of the pier, isn't it, tiddlers?

-Ali, who's this?

-The captain.

-Aye, aye, Captain.

-Good morning.

-Can we come aboard your boat?

-Welcome aboard.

Can I have yours, please?

Not forgetting mine, there we are.

Thank you. Here, you know what I'll do with this?

I think I'll put this in my logbook

so I can remember our journey on the high seas.

OK, all aboard!

Full steam ahead. Whoo-whoo!

Bye-bye, marina! See you later.

-See you later.

-Bye!

-Wow, off we go.

So, tiddlers, I'm wondering, where's this boat taking us?

We're going to Southampton, but we're not getting off.

We're going to stay on the Hythe Ferry

and go all the way back to Hythe.

I see, we're going to do a round trip.

Mr Bloom, you see that Red Jet there, that's Red Jet 3.

Yeah, there are big boats, there are middle size boats,

and then there are very small boats, as well.

CHIMING

Ooh, ay, excuse me, there's my Route Finder.

I think it wants to show us what happens underneath the ocean.

'Look at this funny-looking boat. It looks like a big fish, doesn't it?

'It's called a submarine, and it can travel under the water.

'Submarines are sometimes used to explore the ocean.

'This train also travels under the sea.

'It goes all the way from England to France,

'down a great big tunnel.

'Ay, it looks like fun, doesn't it?'

Wow, there we go.

So, what are we up to next, tiddlers?

We're going to see the captain

and ask him whether he'll let us drive the ship.

All right, well, let's go.

'The captain sits at the top of the ferry.'

Excuse me, Captain, but Ben down here, he's got a question for you.

Please may help you drive the ferry?

I think you could, Ben, it's all clear.

'The captain has lots of buttons and dials

'that help him steer the ship.'

-Right there, that's the compass.

-Very good.

Now, not many people know that.

'He's even got windscreen wipers.'

-Can you see where you're going?

-Yeah.

You're doing very well there.

Well done, Maddie.

We're almost there.

You need to turn that wheel.

Come on, I'll give you a hand, here. On we go!

That's fantastic.

Ay! High fives, tiddlers!

-And one for me?

-And Captain!

-Thanks for having us aboard.

-It's a pleasure, nice to see you.

Well, that was a jolly little sail, wasn't it?

ALL: Yes!

So, Maddie, what are we up to, now?

We're going to draw a picture of the Hythe Train and the Hythe Ferry.

-Can you help us, please?

-Ay, you bet I can. Right, let's go.

Ay, these drawings are looking good, Tiddlers.

Oh, by the way, look what I've found -

it's the ferry we went on.

Maddie, can you guess where I'm going to put this?

In your logbook.

Yep, I'm going to whack it in my logbook

so I can remember our lovely day.

-Well, shall I do some drawing, and all?

-Yes.

Yeah, I would like, I reckon, I'm going to draw some boats

-to go with your boats.

-Yeah.

Hey, Maddie, can you see the train out there? What colour's the train?

-Green.

-I reckon it's exactly the same colour as that crayon you've got.

-Are you going to put that in your picture?

-Yep.

-Jolly good.

Hey, tiddlers, look who it is - it's the captain of the Hythe Ferry.

He's come to see our pictures.

-ALL: Hello!

-Hello, Captain.

Good afternoon, Mr Bloom.

Captain, do you recognise that?

Is that the end of the pier where we are now?

-Yes.

-That's fantastic.

-ALI:

-I've drawn the Hythe Ferry.

That's nice, I can see the smoke coming out of the top.

-ALI:

-Look there, Captain.

-What, at the front? And the rain.

-Ben's been busy, too, haven't you?

-Very busy.

-Let me see what you've done, Ben.

-That's the Hythe Ferry.

-Very nice.

Your pictures are so good, everyone should see them.

So we'll put them on a plaque on the pier.

Wow, what do you reckon to that?

Yeah!

We'll come back at the end of the week

and we'll see the finished results.

So, it's been a few days since we did these pictures

and now they've been made into this very special plaque.

-So, do you want to see it?

-ALL: Yes!

Well, here we go. Three, two, one...

Whoo!

Mr Bloom's Here And There, it's in the corner!

Hey, what do you reckon to that?

Really, really good.

-How does it make you feel, seeing your picture here?

-Really happy.

-Ah!

It's going to be here for a long time.

Well, I think that's a brilliant end to a brilliant time.

Shall I see what else I've got in the logbook?

Firstly, we got this ticket before we got on the train.

And then we went on this, didn't we?

The Hythe Ferry!

Yeah, the Hythe Ferry.

We went all the way to Southampton and back.

And then, to top it all off, I took a photo of all our pictures -

look at that.

Why don't you go here and there

and find out about the exciting places where you live?

Hiya, mate!

BOTH: We've been here!

-BOTH:

-We went there!

ALL: We've been everywhere!

Why don't you go to the CBeebies website,

where you can make your very own Here And There logbook, too.

So, tiddlers, have you had fun?

ALL: Yeah!

Well, I've had a cracking time, but it's time I made my way.

So, you join me soon, when I'll be...

ALL: Here and there!

That's right, tiddlers. Bye!

ALL: Bye!

# Where is it you like to go?

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do?

# I'll pop along and do it, too

# Cities, towns, the countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there. #