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Traveler Walking the Camino
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- Mar 29, 2024, 10:06am
- 🌬 8 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Isle of Man Bradda Head 54.088, -4.773154°5’17” N 4°46’23” W
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Sauntering
March 29, 2024 in Isle of Man ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
During my work on the farm my students worked towards the John Muir award. This recognised their work, love and improvements made to a place after natural beauty. John Muir was a naturalist from Scotland who went to America and was a founder figure of the National Parks movement. This resulted in the Peak District being founded where Simon and I have done lots of training for our Camino walk.
I found this quote from John Muir recently which I love

John Muir on "hiking": I don't like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains - not hike! Do you know the origin of that word 'saunter?' It's a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages through which they passed asked where they were going, they would reply, 'A la sainte terre,' 'To the Holy Land.' And so they became known as sainte-terre-ers or saunterers. Now these Caminos are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them."Read more
Traveler Photos are unreal - are these from a phone camera or SLR 🤩
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Traveler lol 😂- my phone - it was a spectacular day ☀️
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Traveler No, I don't like that word either...so when you get a lift sometimes, would that be hitch sauntering?
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Traveler Rund um die Britischen Inseln
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- Sep 20, 2023
- 🌬 16 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Isle of Man Sulby River 54.323445, -4.37835554°19’24” N 4°22’42” W
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Ramsey, Isle of Man
September 20, 2023 in Isle of Man ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Sturm! Kein Tenderverkehr zum geplanten Hafen möglich! Der Kapitän wählte einen winzigen Fischerort als Alternative, so dass die Ausflüge doch stattfinden konnten. So eine hübsche Insel! Da hätten wir sonst was verpasst.Read more
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Morvenna 2023
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- Aug 13, 2023
- Altitude: 33 ft
- Isle of Man River Neb 54.222911, -4.69788654°13’22” N 4°41’52” W
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Banghor to Isle of man
August 13, 2023 in Isle of Man
Waking up to a well earned hang over. We dragged ourselves into something resembling ship shape. For some reason we decided to sail off the anchor. It went well luckily, as we were surrounded by very shallow water. The forecast was for 15 kts Westerly, which was just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately what the doctor got was South 25kts. Bang on our upwind course. After passing round light house island we hardened onto the wind. Luckily there was another boat for us to race which kept us motivated for the first hour. We changed between jib and Genoa 3 or 4 times and slid between 1 and 2 reefs. Steering was a busy task keeping the boat going fast enough to make progress and high enough that we don’t miss the target. As the day progressed we decide Peel was the target. It was a tricky target with a cill and a small tidal window.
The light was dimming as outer pilotage was needed and it was clear we would not be high enough to sail straight into peel harbour, but would, in fact hit the coast 3 miles east. A very annoying 50 minutes tacking up the coast as the light and the tide left . Luckily for us we just made it over the cill with a bit of keel lifted. Peel harbour was still windy and very tight for a boat like ours with no thrusters.Read more
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Traveler United Kingdom 2019
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- Sep 2, 2019, 3:00pm
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 334 m
- Isle of Man Snaefell 54.253054, -4.44810654°15’11” N 4°26’53” W
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Snaefell Mountain Railway
September 2, 2019 in Isle of Man ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Die Snaefell Mountain Railway ist die einzige elektrische Bergbahn auf den Britischen Inseln und eine der letzten verbliebenen Bahnen mit einer Spurweite von 1067 mm (Kapspur) in Europa. Die fünf Meilen lange Linie ist abenteuerlich trassiert, wobei Steigungen von 1 % bis zu 12 % bewältigt werden. Elektrifiziert ist die Bahn mit 550 Volt Gleichstrom. Eine Besonderheit ist die als Bremsschiene nach dem System Fell benutzte Mittelschiene. In Laxey besteht Anschluss an die Manx Electric Railway.

Die Bahn wurde 1895 gegründet und wird heute von der Isle of Man Transport, einem Betrieb der Regierung der Insel Man, betrieben. Da die Spurweite von den übrigen Bahnen auf der Insel Man abweicht, kann das Rollmaterial nicht mit diesen ausgetauscht werden.

Gleich nach der Ausfahrt in Laxey bietet die Bahn einen schönen Ausblick auf das Great Laxey Wheel. Bei der Zwischenstation Bungalow kreuzt der Snaefell Mountain Course, auf dem die Rennen um die Isle of Man TT und den Manx Grand Prix ausgetragen werden, die Bahnstrecke. In direkter Nachbarschaft befindet sich ein Denkmal für den 26-fachen TT-Sieger Joey Dunlop. Früher gab es dort ein Motorradmuseum. Nachdem vor einigen Jahren Asbest im Gebäude gefunden wurde, musste es aber geschlossen werden. Der Besitzer, Peter Murray, hat ein neues Museum in Santon eröffnet.Read more
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Traveler IOM - Isle of Man
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- Jul 14, 2019, 10:42am
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Isle of Man Chicken Rock 54.04618, -4.8129554°2’46” N 4°48’47” W
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Calf of Man
July 14, 2019 in Isle of Man ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Wir wurden an der südlichen der kleinen Insel abgesetzt und wandern den Weg entlang, der über die Insel führt.
Wunderschöne Ausblicke, Natur und absolute Ruhe sorgen für einen sehr entspannten Tag.
Drei Caches gibt es zu finden und Fragen zu beantworten.
Von einem Platz aus sieht man alle 4 Leuchttürme auf einmal.Read more
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Traveler Asian adventure
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- Nov 14, 2024
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 131 m
- Isle of Man Laxey Glen 54.232745, -4.41333854°13’58” N 4°24’48” W
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November 14, 2024 in Isle of Man ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Well here I am.. home!!!
I’ve now been up for 48 hours, with at most 2 hours sleep on the plane 😳

The flight out of Hong Kong was pretty bumpy to start with, possibly due to the Typhoon, but soon settled down and was great the rest of the way to Manchester..
By the time I’d retrieved my bag I just wanted to get home and not wait another 8 hours for the Iom flight.. so….
I checked to see if there was an earlier flight and booked myself on it,! … yep! It could only happen to me.. after paying for another flight, it goes and gets delayed for 2 hours 🙄🙄

On the bright side, I’m now home 😃 having read a 567 page book in under 12 hours… bonus being a Chinese take away tea with Finn and Laura.. happy days…

I’m now desperate for my bed…..Read more
Traveler You had a Chinese takeaway? You’ve just been in China for a month!!
11/15/24Reply
Traveler It was a whole new experience eating it with a fork.. but I did my best 😃
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Traveler Poor photo selection today.
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Traveler Asian adventure
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- Oct 17, 2024, 12:10pm
- 🌬 14 °C
- Altitude: 131 m
- Isle of Man Laxey Glen 54.232738, -4.41331254°13’58” N 4°24’48” W
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OFF I GO…….
October 17, 2024 in Isle of Man ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Well here I am off on another solo adventure .. not entirely, I’m off to see Joe for three weeks with a solo 😬 week in Vietnam thrown in the mix.
My first stress is out of the way.. the plane from the IOM to Manchester wasn’t cancelled or even delayed, thank you Loganair 🤩..
having felt so proud that I fitted everything into my rucksack, I was feeling less impressed once I’d arrived at my hotel.. It is SO heavy. I didn’t dare take it off on the bus incase I couldn’t get it back on !!!
Having considered this an achievement I decided I deserved a pint of Guinness as a reward.. as well as booking a meal in the Restaurant as the set price menu looked amazing and I was starving.. .well so far so good.. hopefully the food lives up to my expectations …Read more
Traveler Table 1106? That's a big restaurant.
10/17/24Reply
Traveler That was the bar 😂
10/17/24Reply
Well done Cal - hope flight was good and you slept as well. Xx [Sue]
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Traveler Isle of man
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- Aug 20, 2024, 6:58pm
- 🌬 14 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Isle of Man Onchan 54.165372, -4.466954°9’55” N 4°28’1” W
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Douglas
August 20, 2024 in Isle of Man ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
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Traveler Dieses Monster kann man sich nicht schönsaufen, vergiss es!
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Traveler 🤣🤣🤣Richy wenn ich dich nicht so gut leiden könnte würde ich dir jetzt Prügel androhen...
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Traveler Walking the Camino
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- Mar 30, 2024, 11:15am
- 🌬 9 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- Isle of Man Port Saint Mary 54.070131, -4.73474554°4’12” N 4°44’5” W
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Isle of man Camino training
March 30, 2024 in Isle of Man ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
Spending Easter with Mum and Dad before we embark on our walking adventure. Spectacular day so we went on a training walk 👣😊
Traveler Lovely part of the world 😊
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Traveler I must be nuts
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- Aug 23, 2023, 11:02am
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 131 m
- Isle of Man Laxey Glen 54.232746, -4.41334254°13’58” N 4°24’48” W
Getting there
August 23, 2023 in Isle of Man ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Well it’s been a long time getting here.. Boats, trains, planes and lots of delays, but here I am crazily attempting my second Camino, this time from Lisbon… I eventually arrived at my accommodation at 10.15 pm, having left the IOM at 3pm yesterday!!
It’s 29 degrees at the moment, so tomorrow may prove rather challenging as it’s supposed to be 34 degrees!!! And I have 43 km’s to walk with what now seems like a very heavy pack on my back!!!! …Read more
Traveler Have an amazing time Cal. I’m sure you will love it as much as ur last walk. Looking forward to all your photos 😘
8/24/23Reply
Traveler You’ve got this. Looking forward to hearing about your walk and seeing your daily posts.
8/25/23Reply
Good girl , Cal - looking forward to hearing your adventures [Sue]
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