I was hoping to whizz through our night in Douglas, but I seem to have taken too many photos, and I’d hate to deny you candid snaps like this one from the Rosemount. A bit of an epic crawl through the back streets of the capital awaited, once Duncan had skillfully found a free parking… Continue reading DOUGLAS THE HARD WAY
Tag: Isle of Man
MINING GOLD IN LAXEY
First up, some distressing news from Denmark where Pubmeister has won a legal injunction to stop me showing him in shorts. That won’t stop me complimenting his driving (think “Baby Driver”) or musical taste as we whizzed out to Laxey, beating the Electric Railway by some 3 hours. The OS extract for Laxey (pop.1768, 5… Continue reading MINING GOLD IN LAXEY
2 MARTINS, 1 DUNCAN, TOO MANY OKELLS
Everybody’s doing the Isle of Man these days; it’s the new Bermondsey Beer Mile. Except it’s for PubMen and Women, not beery folk. BRAPA did the 27 pint GBG set in February (and survived), Pubmeister has just summed up his record-breaking achievements (completed a whole GBG there), and of course Kirsty is there now, looking… Continue reading 2 MARTINS, 1 DUNCAN, TOO MANY OKELLS
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