Out and about on Mann

Thank you Penny.

Thanks Grannie Annie.

The ground is so saturated that the roads seem to have permanent pools of water now. Banks along the edges of roads are having minor slides too. Luckily most of the water drains quickly so any flooding, providing the rain stops at times disappears. I live on the coast, so it's not really a problem for me.

 

New years day in the south.

Castletown


Four shots of Langness, a smaller island.








More to come.......

 

A couple more to come......

 

The above pictures and these were taken on St Michael's Isle.

12th century church ruin.

 

The lack of windows and the dimensions of the existing ones suggest it doubled as a defensive building Sheal.

 

If you're talking about the fort Zigs, I think it was there in the write up. It was used by Henry VIII for defence.

 

Thanks Armandii, I'm fast running out of island, you'll have to bear with me!

 

No, I meant the Church, would have been very dark in there.

 

I could so pop a roof on there,move in and be very very happy

 

Oh right, there was a write up there on the church but I didn't hang around long enough to read it all. It was blowing a real hooley and I wanted to get back to the car. I'll have a look on a local web site tomorrow and see what I can find out.

 

That was the other reason for having small windows Doubtfull that they would have had glass in the 12th century unless they were proper rich.

 

You might think differently if you saw it Joolz. The island is only about 150 yards across, flat and un-inhabitable really. You couldn't grow anything there except seaweed and grass.

 

Just the one today, taken on high ground near the mountain, just before it started to snow. One of my favourtie areas. Druidale.