Snaefell to the Druidale Hills

This was my favourite walk on the Isle of Man – in fact, so much so, that the next day I took my mother on a variation of the same walk. Both walks started off by getting the Snaefell Mountain Railway up to ‘Bungalow’ – the point at which the railway crosses the TT mountain road…

From here I headed off north-west down the A14 road which descends above the eastern side of the large and beautiful Tholt Y Will reservoir (this isn’t marked on our old 1963 maps as it wasn’t there way back then!)

Dropping down the reservoir with my object hills past Druidale in the distance

Isle of Man – Spanish Head & The Chasms

During the week I visited the Isle of Man with Richard and my parents, Richard and I decided it was time to walk some of the island’s scenic coastline. We’d also heard tales of the scary ‘Chasms’ from my Mum who thought they were dangerous and terrifying – that meant we had to go and see them for ourselves!

Isle of Man – North Barrule & Snaefell

The very first walk I wanted to do when we arrived on the Isle of Man for our week’s holiday without the car, was North Barrule. On a lovely sunny day, we took the electric railway up to Ramsey on the north-eastern end of the island.

Isle of Man – Are You Missing Out?

If you haven’t been to the Isle of Man, I’d say you’re missing out! The island is beautiful, has a great mix of general tourist activities and hill and glen walking and the place is well-run, clean and orderly. Another bonus is that you don’t need a car! You can get more or less all over the island by various forms of public transport. By various forms, I mean there are all of the following methods of transport on the island: horse trams, electric and steam railways, a mountain railway and buses. To get to the island, there are ferries from both Liverpool and Heysham (Lancashire).

This post is going to deal with the touristy bits and I plan to post a further three posts, one for a coastal walk we did on the south of the island and two mountain walks.