One night on Man, 5 ticks = 1 chapter of the Guide completed, 6 revisits to old Manx favourites, and 2 pre-emptives. A good 38 hours work. 38,000 steps, too, including a walk back from the Tram Terminus, whose eponymous pub found favour with Baa Baa and a few tourists eschewing the Okells for the… Continue reading THE PREEMPTIVE MAN
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ONCHAN – FAIRY GLEN, FREE LATTE
A mid-afternoon return from the Isle of Man, via Liverpool, gave me a morning to be off with the fairies (again). The walk to Groudle Glen in Onchan takes in the full array of Douglas guest house colours. Onchan (pop. 9,172) itself is an oddity. Seemingly indistinguishable from Douglas but with a quaint village feel… Continue reading ONCHAN – FAIRY GLEN, FREE LATTE
I didn’t take ANY notes in the Rovers Return but it hardly mattered.
It was 21:33 when Irish Sea Dave and I made the Rovers Return. 21:33 on a Tuesday night in June after the TT races. Most places in the UK the pub would be emptying out; the Rover was filling up. You know where you stand with the Rover; It’s not fussy. I compared it to… Continue reading I didn’t take ANY notes in the Rovers Return but it hardly mattered.
SOOTY HAS A BLACK EYE BUT THE DOUGLAS MARKET PUBS AREN’T TO BLAME
I’d woke up that Monday at my usual 05:45 (sorry, Duncan) to catch the farming news, and now it was 18:45 on Tuesday and I’d only had two (2) hours sleep in thirty-seven, snatched on the Ben-My-Chree on that early morning crossing from Heysham. Technically, I could have caught the evening journey back to Heysham,… Continue reading SOOTY HAS A BLACK EYE BUT THE DOUGLAS MARKET PUBS AREN’T TO BLAME
CASTLETOWN STANDS, BUT MAN HAS FALLEN
16:45. Castletown, Isle of Man. Two final GBG ticks to put Man to bed on my Epic Quest for Guide Completion. Having said “Hello fairies” I was confident my luck would be in; BRAPA will be off with the fairies on his trip and find himself thwarted as he was a few years back. Castletown… Continue reading CASTLETOWN STANDS, BUT MAN HAS FALLEN
“Hello fairies”
Two down, three to go on the Isle of Man. I was only staying the one night, but wasn’t keen to hang around just in case Man has adopted the early closure trend. So I caught the next bus south to Port Erin. I was tempted to name this post Erin Tickovich but I’ll leave… Continue reading “Hello fairies”
THIRSTY PIGEON (CHA CHA CHA)
Andreas treated me to the joys of Sixpence None The Richer’s “Kiss Me”, a sure sign Mann is entering the 1990s. I’m happy if it stays there with its £3 pints and cheery bus drivers. I’d been contemplating the walk back to Ramsey with no buses till schools ended, but then by chance re-reading the… Continue reading THIRSTY PIGEON (CHA CHA CHA)
“I’ve never given birth, but I can’t imagine it can be worse than the 08:40 school bus to Andreas”
£7 your Manx Go Saver ticket; you could spend the whole day with Bus Vannin, wondering where your next loo stop is. I was heading to Andreas (pop. 1,428) in the flat agricultural plain that makes up the north of Man. I’d assumed my visit would be the most exciting thing to happen in Andreas,… Continue reading “I’ve never given birth, but I can’t imagine it can be worse than the 08:40 school bus to Andreas”
ON RAMSEY STREET(S)
Five (5) ticks needed to complete the Isle of Man for GBG22, one of them the most northern and hard to get to on the island, the Manx Applecross. I had an hour to waste in Ramsey before the 08:30 school bus (yes !) to Andreas, OK, it’s only 07:23, with nothing open till the… Continue reading ON RAMSEY STREET(S)
DAWN OVER DOUGLAS
Having wheeled the lady with the sprained ankle and two (2) dogs onto the Ben Ma Chree with dedicated pet room I actually managed a couple of hours sleep myself; the perfect preparation for 32 hours frantic travel on the Isle of Man. Baa Baa’s raised eyebrow says it all. No time for sleep for… Continue reading DAWN OVER DOUGLAS
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