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The Isle of Man has lovely coast lines, but I find them tricky to shoot well, this one worked, I like the rock strata, and the boat placed itself nicely.
Front row - from left - Ken, Annmarie, Andy
Back row - Dennis and Judith
Tail end Charlie - Jackie (& Caesar)
It was a lovely holiday and very well organised and so we surprised that for the first couple of walks it was Andy, Judith, us and Annmarie who was a friend of Ken's via the IoM Footpaths Facebook page,
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"The Port Erin Front Range Light which stood on the beach, was originally a square lattice tower. The Rear Range Light was mounted on a concrete pole on the promenade.
A 36-foot high octagonal lighthouse with a red band later replaced the Front Range Light in the same location, on the beach."
I was trying to get an infinity of D's, but it didn't quite work.
We caught the steam train back from Port Erin, and had a carriage all to ourselves.
He has a lovely collection of flowers. The photo has flattened the perspective, they were tumbling down a steep slope.
From the gallery.
Built on the site of an ancient keeill (about a 1000 years old) the chapel of St John was first referred to in 1557, but was probably built before that date. In 1847 the chapel was demolished and rebuilt.
She was 8 years old and enjoyed rounding up the flower beds, even though they never moved!
Lots of stairs for Saturday for Stairs group.
We were walking from the station at Dreemskerry towards Maughold Head, which is between Ramsey and Laxey, in The Isle of Man.
Daniel Fernandez from Columbia [ Kawasaki 650 ] at Windy Corner
Manx Grand Prix Lightweight Race 2018
On most of the route there is a single line, and at the mid way (Castletown) there is a stretch of double line.
To avoid risk of two trains on the same section of single track reliance is placed not on having a single physical object, called a token, and ruling that a driver may only enter the single line section if in physical possession of that object.
The token is marked to indicate to which single track section it belongs.
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In 1934 the ‘T.E. Brown Room’ was opened in the Manx Museum, featuring three stained-glass windows by WILLIAM HOGGATT, depicting characters from the Fo’c’s’le Yarns.
The T. E. Brown room may have gone, on our visit the stained glass windows were above the stairs that lead now to the TT exhibition.
Tynwald Hill is man made. There was a sign up asking people to use the stairs.
The hill is said to have been formed of soil from each of the ancient parishes of the island. It's Manx name is Cronk Keeill Eoin - the hill of St John's Chapel.
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"Tynwald Day occurs annually on 5th July before an audience of thousands. A representative of the British monarchy, usually the Lieutenant Governor, presides over the ceremony, whilst parliament, officials and honoured guests are gathered on, or close to, Tynwald Hill. The main business is to proclaim the new laws created during the preceding year and to offer the opportunity for personal grievances to be presented. The modern ceremony is a continuation of the public assembly thought to have been in existence for over 1000 years."
Taken on our evening stroll.
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"The Tower of Refuge, also known as St. Mary’s Isle, is a small structure erected upon a partially submerged reef, originally for the purpose of offering shelter to shipwreck victims until help could arrive.
Situated in Douglas Bay, the tower came into being after RNLI founder William Hillary petitioned for a sanctuary to be built on St Mary's Isle.
The reef on which it is built was previously often responsible for the damage and sinking of ships and so the tower provided both a visible warning for incoming ships and a refuge for those in distress."
Caesar celebrates his last summit...just to confuse there is more than one Slieau Ruy on the Isle of Man!
From gef.im/news/charity/150-years-of-milners-tower-12687
William Milner suffered from poor health and visited Port Erin for many years, before finally retiring here in 1860. It followed a tragedy, when a young boy was killed during a competition between Milner’s firm and a rival to test each other’s safes.
‘Milner’s Port Erin home was called The Rest, situated on land opposite the Falcon’s Nest Hotel, and he became a key figure in the village. He built the cottages on St Catherine’s Terrace to house poor fishermen, he built the village’s first major hotel – the Falcon’s Nest – and he was instrumental in the building of the new breakwater, which was completed two years after his death in 1864. It was badly damaged by storms in the years that followed and was finally destroyed in 1884.
‘But Milner did so much more for the people of Port Erin and they in turn commissioned the tower to be built in his honour.
The tower is in the shape of a key hole.
We went up the narrow spiral staircase to the viewing platform.
The site of the Kodak ‘world's best snapshot competition 1931’ is 100 yards of the tower. imuseum.im/search/collections/archive/mnh-museum-290027.html The photograph won the Kodak ‘world's best snapshot competition 1931’ was taken at 9pm on a July evening on Verichrome Kodak film using a 1a pocket Kodak camera. The first prize was £4,000 (as stated in the Isle of Man Examiner, 20th November 1931) and the winner was Charles W. Powell of East Didsbury, Manchester. (There was a plaque mentioning the photo, near the entrance of the tower. And it was also mention on a separate information sign for the tower.)
Shot by Ken Harding
From left - Judith, Andy, Wooden Hiker 1, Jackie, Wooden Hiker 2, Dennis, Wendy Graham(sp)?
The plaques on the rucksack are AWOL, but would read....
Top one
Manx Footpaths Conservation Group - with a map of IoM and two boots.
Large middle one is inscribed with
September 2016
Hiker carving is dedicated to the Memory of past footpath members.
To unlock the treasures
of the Island heart;
With loving feet to trace
each hill and glen,
And find the ore that is
not for the mart
Of commerce: this is all I ask.
T. E. Brown
Lower one
1986 Sept 2016 Raad Ny Foillan
The Happy Hiker carving was put in place by the Manx Footpaths Conservation Group to celebrate 30 years of the coastal footpath, as well as remembering their past members.
Location is a reasonable guess, but might not be accurate.
The present parish church dates from 1881 as the old church, dating from 1714 when it was consecrated by Bishop Wilson through whose exertions the church had been built, was in a very bad state of repair- the site of the old church becoming part of the graveyard. Prior to 1714 Patrick and German shared St Peter's in Peel.