Twenty Five Years
of Island Images - May 2000 - 2024
    
    
    
    
    
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17/5/25
Thursday afternoon I
had another nice, if slightly strenuous walk in the hills, this time on
the western side of the island. Starting from the junction of the
Little London and Brandywell to Barregarrow Roads, then walking initially
to the old Glion Kiark slate quarry office building. The next bit
was the hardest, continuing north and ending up in the 'U' shaped glacial
valley where the old Kirkmichael Mine was. It's quite up and down
for the first segment and you have to cross a few secondary valleys.
Now is a good time to do it as the bracken is starting to grow, in a couple
of months it will be chest height making it very difficult to find the
paths.
Panasonic TZ95 &
DJI Mini 4 Pro 15/5/25
     
     
    
   
15/5/25
On Tuesday afternoon
I went for another hill walk, this time from the Tholt y Will Road above
Sulby Reservoir, walking to the tholtan of Ballaskella, which is around
600ft above sea level and 300ft above the valley floor below in Sulby Glen.
The farm was apparently established in the 15 -1600s and abandoned in the
early 1900s.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
13/5/25
     
    
     
    
14/5/25
For my second flying
location on Sunday morning I drove up to Douglas head and shot these pictures.
DJI Mini 4 Pro
11/5/25
     
 
 
13/5/25
A little 'side project'
that I like to work on from time to time when conditions are suitable is
taking 360 degree panoramas from various locations in and around Douglas,
as you can see so much more from the air. Sunday mornings are a good
time as it's quieter in town, this one was good as I also had light airs
and a harbour full of water!
The single shots are
a bit of a bonus, shot in between the panorama pictures.
DJI Mini 4 Pro 11/5/25
    
    
  
12/5/25
A colourful visit to
the lovely gardens at Milntown House, Ramsey on Friday afternoon.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
9/5/25
    
    
    
    
10/5/25
I took these pictures
on a walk in the hills on Thursday afternoon, starting from Mountain Box
on the Mountain Road, then walking down to the isolated tholtan of Block
Eary, before heading up the hill to the top of Slieau Managh and back to
the car. This tholtan is probably the most isolated one on the island,
with no discernible green lane leading to it, and is mostly just a pile
of stones these days. From Ray Kelly's 'Tholtans' books it may have
been abandoned before 1900. The reservoir downstream that take its
name from the farm was constructed in the 1940s. I'm going to upload
pictures in three batches, as my computer seems to be on a go slow this
morning!
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
& DJI Mini 4 Pro 8/5/25
    
   
  
After visiting Block
Eary tholtan, I continued onwards towards my next destination, another
tholtan, this time Slieaumanagh, named after the hill it's situated on.
Owing the the nature of the terrain, I had to climb fairly high up the
hill just to cross a gully and when I was within sight of the tholtan,
decided to take the lazy option and just fly the drone down to it, rather
than walking all the way down just to have to walk back up again!
    
  
 
Part three of my hill
walk on Thursday was to continue onwards to the summit of Slieau Managh,
before walking down on its north side to Creg Bedn, a large outcrop
of quartz rock. In the end I didn't continue and further than the
summit, which is a bit boring in itself, but gives some great views.
    
9/5/25
On Wednesday afternoon
I was back in Sulby Glen again, to shoot some more aerial panoramas of
this beautiful area of the island, plus some conventional shots.
The first flying location was towards the northern end of the glen, by
Mount Karrin, where an unnamed side valley leads off on the opposite side
of the glen.
DJI Mini 4 Pro 7/5/25
    
   
Moving on to my second
location, flying from close to the Sulby Claddagh recreational area.
    
 
8/5/25
Pictures from our walk
in the Ballaugh Curragh on Monday afternoon. The Curragh is a protected
conservation area consisting of natural wetlands that had once been drained
and used for agriculture. Left to revert to its natural state, there
is a network of paths thought it, sometimes on boardwalks but other times
using the tops of old 'Manx Hedges' constructed of stone and earth.
We usually see some of the wild wallabies that are concentrated in this
area, but as it was a public holiday, the paths were a bit busier than
usual (i.e. we actually saw other people!) and we thought that they might
all be hiding away, but in the end saw five of them.
Panasonic FZ82 5/5/25
     
    
    
7/5/25
On Monday afternoon
we decided to go for a walk in the Ballaugh Curragh wetlands area, driving
via Sulby Glen where I stopped for a few aerial pictures. We had
hoped that there might be a good display of Bluebells in the glen, but
maybe our timing was out or it's just a bad year, they were there but not
that impressive.
DJI Air 2S 5/5/25
    
   
 
5/5/25
Yesterday afternoon
we went for a walk to Bradda Head, Port Erin. I took some ground
level phone pictures but also had a drone with me for some aerial shots.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
& DJI Air 2S 4/5/25
    
   
    
 
     
     
4/5/25 - May the
Forth be with you!
Another set of pictures
from a walk. I did this one on Friday afternoon, starting from the
top of Ballaglass Glen, then walking down through the glen and onto the
old pack horse road that takes you down to Port Cornaa, before returning
via the same route. Not too far in distance at just over 3.5 miles,
with a drop/climb of 325 ft.
Panasonic FZ82
2/5/25
     
    
     
    
2/5/25
Sometimes when I go
out, I plan to take a whole set of pictures, other times I think that I
might get just one or two to share, but end up with loads.
This selection is the
latter, I just went for a walk at Port Soderick Glen, but ended up extending
it to the headlands with lots of pictures taken!
Samsung S24 Ultra
1/5/25
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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