View from Cregneish

IOMYT 2012 C Sunday

Finished 4th

Bennetts Lightweight TT Race, Governors Bridge, Isle of Man 2018-06-06

Finished 11th

Bennetts Lightweight TT Race, Governors Bridge, Isle of Man 2018-06-06

July 2008

ISLE OF MAN TT 2009. Those Gorse bushes are really sharp.

Looking out to sea from the swing foot bridge. Nautical museum wall on left.

Not often you see a boat parked on Station Road, Ballaugh, Isle of Man.

Ellan Vannin - Isle of Man.

Ye Olde Crown (est. 1645), Castle Street, Peel.

Peel's Manx Gaelic name of Purt ny h-Inshey translates literally as 'Port of the Island'. This refers to the small island of St Patrick, on which Peel Castle is built; it is connected to the town by a causeway.

Unlike most English place names on the the Island whose names are a translation or Anglicisation of the Manx Gaelic name, the English name of Peel is of completely different origin and probably referred to a defensive tower, or 'Peel Tower' that was added to the Castle during the period of English rule. The gradual Anglicisation of the Isle of Man saw the name spread to include the town itself.

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View from Snaefell Monutain Railway