Many years ago when I was living in South Africa I remember going to see the one leg of the round the world boat race in Cape Town. My children came with me as it was mother’s day and it was my last month on the island. The Manx boat as well as other competitors […]
As a tour guide on the Isle of Man it is amazing how many types of tourists we have coming over, from the regular all round tourist to specialist tours such as heritage railways, walking holidays to dark skies visitors
This year has been remarkable for me with Guided Tours of Mann as I have been […]
When you look at an island so small as the Isle of Man in comparison with other places we have a wealth of history and heritage as well as buildings some simple and some iconic. I know how privileged we are to have one of these iconic buildings, designed by Frank Matcham who was […]
I keep having to admit my slight obsession with Heritage Railways, but when you have one of the most varied types in the world on such a small island how can you not become a bit keen. We have the steam train, electric […]
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 […]
A new book by Charles Guard who brings such energy to what he talks and writes about. On my Christmas list
There are many days go by and I look at the Isle of Man with wonder, as even after all these years it never fails to surprise and delight me. Today one of the most amazing images on the promenade was a low tide with a sea like glass reflecting the clouds on the horizon. […]
Many years ago I went on a guided tour of the Isle of Man’s finest theatre The Gaiety Theatre. Of all the things that I remembered about the tour was the wall paper issue. I always wondered if this was a bit of an urban legend as we were told […]
There are so many places to visit on the Isle of Man, and one of the best things to do when you arrive in a new place is to take a guided tour. This offers you the opportunity to ‘sift’ out the things […]