Isle of Man

Here are pictures of my home, the Isle of Man. I hope it shows it's beauty. The Isle of Man is situated between England and Ireland and is easily reached by air and sea. It is appox 33 miles long and 15 miles wide. We have our own parliament, Tynwald, our own cultures. The island is famous for the TT races, cats without tails and kippers! An ideal place to come and relax, enjoy the peace and quiet plus beutiful scenery.

Manx electric railway
Tram 21 at the Dhoon Glen on the east coast, heading for Ramsey.

train arriving
The steam train arriving at Port Erin station.

train
The train getting ready to depart from Port Erin

Manx Steam train
The steam train leaving the station at Port Erin.

Ballasalla
The train station at Ballasalla.

Niarbyl Cottage
This small remote cottage can be found on the western coast at Niarbyl.

Traditional Manx cottage
This is a typical old manx cottage taken at Niarbyl. It isn't lived in...

Cregneash
Taken at Cregneash an open air farm in the south. It shows the...

Cregneash
Harry Kelly's cottage, a traditional thatched manx cottage at cregneash

Manx Sunset
Looking towards Port st Mary in the south. Taken early on a late September...

Colby glen
The Colby Glen. A lovely walk through the trees.

Manx glen
Autumn leaves in Glen Helen.

Tynwald Hill
Tynwald hill is where the manx open air parliament meet every year on the 5th...

Manx Grand prix
The Isle of Man holds the TT and Grand prix motorclyle races. This...

Marine drive
marine drive just outside Douglas is no longer used by cars due to...

Douglas
One way to get to the island is by boat. Here is the Steampacket boat...

Douglas harbour
The key side of Douglas harbour. Douglas is the island's capital.

Castle Rushen
Castle Rushen in Castletown. The old capital of the island.

Herring tower
This tower is called the Herring tower. It is found at Langness in the south.

Manx Keeil
This manx keeil ( manx for chapel) is found in the south at Fort Island

Lifeboat
Port st Mary lifeboat

Bradda glen
A lovely walk through the glen leads up to Bradda head and milner's tower.

manx coastline
taken from port soderick on the eastern side of the island, showing...

lighthouse
Langness lighthouse on the southern coast of the island.

article published 10/3/2004

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The Manx pictures are breath-taking and well done to who ever took them!!!
— Nicole, November 2, 2006

'ELLAN VANNIN' - Hi Di, excellent photo's,you should get a job with the Tourism dept. I Was a regular visitor to my favourite place,where my parents first brought me 40 odd years ago,i don't get there as much as i would like nowadays due to work commitments,but still have friends there.I Am listening to Manx Radio on the Internet now.Your pictures make me want to get there again as soon as possible -ELLAN VANNIN
— Keith, March 16, 2006

Beautiful
A beautiful essay in pictures they capture the diversity of the Isle, good as any travel advert. Look Isle of Man here I come!
— Edwin, January 20, 2006

Reality!
Ah, Di. See, I found the comment bit after all... Fantastc, beautiful!! Did you capture the beauty? Yes! The moods? yes! The peace? yes! I want to move away from England now!
— Rufus, May 1, 2005

Wonderful
Well Di all I can say is you have done the Isle Of Man PROUD, all great photos. I love the Stream Train, ruins, old cottages , well hell I like them all. Well done and happy snapping. :o) Tim
— Tim Lubcke, October 3, 2004

What fantastic photo's.I have always had a hankering to visit the Isle of Man, the photographs have made this a longing. Well done Di Benson
— Di Horsfield, October 3, 2004

Really it is a superb place!
After a long time I have the opportunity to view such superb photos of a little bit of unknown place.
— Tapan Kumar Roy, October 3, 2004

Bravo!
These are excellent shots. Since my paternal grandfather came from the Isle of Man, but I've never been able to visit, I was particularly delighted to view them. Hope to see more of your work in the future.
— Fred Perry, October 3, 2004