We always know when summer is on its way on the Isle of Man, because the railways tart up the trains and trams and the horses start getting their summer shoes on. We are so lucky to still have three, yes three different types of heritage railway, and this summer visitors are coming over to […]
The stones and monuments on the Isle of Man have their own stories to tell as this amazing video tells us
The Coat of Arms of the Isle of Man were granted by Her Majesty by Royal Warrant dated 12th July 1996. The Arms are an augmented version of the traditional arms which comprise the Three Legs conjoined on a red shield surmounted by a Crown and with the motto Quocunque Jeceris Stabit underneath.
In heraldic terms […]
Does anyone know why a man in a tractor daily moves all the seaweed into piles. Just for the tide to distribute all over the beach again…..who pays for this ” service ” and what does it actually achieve?
This question has been asked for a number of years, and the question of why we […]
The Isle of Man is a small island and totally reliant on bringing in our mail, newspapers, certain foodstuffs and household products into the island. Never mind the things like new buses, cars, building materials and so forth. So we rely on our ferries that travel to and from the island daily to bring us […]
Winter on the Isle of Man is sometimes one of the best times of the year, although the leaves have fallen and the bracken is brown, the air is clean and crisp, the sunlight reflects on the sea around us and there is a mystical beauty about this time of the year
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Today is St Brigids day and it piqued my interest as some of the parishes of the Isle of Man are named after Celtic saints, some of them little known today in the rest of the world.
We have seventeen parishes in the Isle of Man and one of […]
In July of this year I wrote a post regarding the horse trams and their future, well done to our parliament Tynwald for making a sensible decision by keeping this age old institution.
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/horse-tram-line-saved-1-8339024
‘In origin the Hunt the Wren may be related to the performances of the Christmas mummers, the White Boys and the Mollag Band, who […]
A new book by Charles Guard who brings such energy to what he talks and writes about. On my Christmas list
