10th January
Creg-ny-Baa. DJI
Spark
    
12th January
The Great Laxey Mine
and Agneash. DJI Spark
    
    
    
18th January
Druidale, by Montpelier
Woodland. DJI Phantom 4 Pro
    
  
19th January
Creg-ny-Baa and Glen
Roy - DJI Phantom 4 Pro
    
Keppel Gate and the
East Baldwin Valley - Phantom 4 Pro
    
20th January
Peel Castle. DJI
Phantom 4 Pro
    
   
Traie Fogog.
    
22nd January
Injebreck/Colden area.
DJI Phantom 4 Pro
Colden Plantation Trail
  
 
    
  
5th February
The Bungalow and Snaefell
DJI Spark
    
 
14th February
Port Cornaa. DJI
Spark.
The tide was high for
the first flight (of four in total) and I've never seen the lagoon so full
of water before, it was getting quite close to the cottage that is normally
well behind. DJI Spark 14/2/20
    
    
    
 
27th February
Jurby Head. DJI
Phantom 4 Pro
    
   
5th March
Jurby Head (2)
DJI Phantom 4 Pro
    
    
    
   
 
19th March
Maughold Head and the
village. DJI Phantom 4 Pro
    
 
    
Lherghy Frissell
and Albert Tower. DJI Phantom 4 Pro
    
20th March
Milntown House and Gardens.
DJI Spark
    
Ramsey, from by the
White Bridge.
  
25th March
Aerial pictures of three
tholtans, a chapel and a mine. Glen Rushen. DJI Spark
Two Tholtans
   
    
The Chapel
The 1870 Ordnance Survey
map show this as 'Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. In Frances Coakley's
'Manx Notebooks' it is mentioned (under 1902 Chapel returns) as seating
70. Maybe they were talking about another building but it doesn't look
big enough and why such a big chapel to serve a few upland farms.
It's suggested that it was owned by Beckwith's Mine, but it's not that
close to the mine and as far as I know the miners didn't live up here.
So a bit of a mystery.
   
The third Tholtan, Claghbane.
    
Beckwith's Mine
Lead was first discovered
here on the surface around 1830 and a mine started to recover it in 1831.
The mine was equipped with a steam engine to pump out water and eventually
reached a depth of 185 fathoms. It continued in production until
1879. (Laxey Mines Research Group).
There are considerable remains still on the surface although trail bike
riding has destroyed much over the years. The site is now closed
off to motor vehicles.
    
  
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