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Man overboard #7
And a selection from days 7 & 8…. Ron…. Isle of Man Day 7. Cloudy with sunny intervals and breezy. Last full day so just did round trips to The Sound and Laxey. Isle of Man Day 8. Sunny. Bus … Continue reading
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Man overboard #6
And so to day 6. Ron…. Sunny and breezy. Bus to Derby Castle for MER to Ramsey. Returned to Douglas via Peel. Finally for evening meal round trip to Port Erin out by train back by bus. Allan…. Another day … Continue reading
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Man overboard #5
And day 5. Ron…. Day 5. Sunny and breezy. Bus into Douglas to take the minibus route to Peel through the back doubles including a long one way loop to Niarbyl. Afterwards took bus to Castletown for a midday break … Continue reading
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Man overboard #4
And so to day 4. Ron…. Rain overcast and back to rain. Good to feel rain on my face after weeks not feeling it. Went by bus via Onchan and Ramsey to Jurby Transport Museum. Back by bus to Ramsey … Continue reading
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Man overboard #3
Day 3 and once again over to Ron…. Overcast turning sunny with a breeze. Walk along promenade to City end terminal of the horse tram, which we took to Derby Castle. Took MER to Laxey for a ride on Great … Continue reading
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Man overboard #2
Day 2 and over to Ron…. Sunny and breezy. Took bus to Douglas Station to take first train of the day to Port Erin. Then we had a round bus trip to The Sound where we had a snack in … Continue reading
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Man overboard #1
It’s that time again, when the Dawes brothers descend on the Isle of Man (literally this time, as they flew over), I have to think up a different snappy title, and they both send me lots of photos. Just a … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 5 – Exit with a bang
On that wet Day 6, a little excitement…. While sitting and waiting for a tram back to Douglas, I witnessed a incident with tram 19 and trailer 58. As normal, the tram was uncoupled and pulled forward. It reversed to … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 4 – Wet, wet, wet
The weather seems to have gone downhill, sunny periods and showers, but getting progressively worse – though not as far as the mainland, with flooding around Manchester, and a league football match abandoned in Blackburn, as it had become impossible … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 3
Day 3 and things looking up – briefly! Sunny and windy. In view of good weather we decided to go up Snaefell so we took tram to Laxey for the mountain railway. As we crossed Mountain Road/TT Course we ran … Continue reading
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