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 Post subject: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 2:21 pm 
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:) I've also put a deposit down on a week's trip to the Isle of Man in June with the U3A!
I'm getting really daring! :lol!:

I've always fancied sussing out the Isle of Man - it seems a very enigmatic place & I'd like to see the Ogham Stones.

Have any of you been to the Isle of Man?


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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:07 pm 
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I went tothe I o M in 1959!

Lovely place. You MUST say hello to the Fairies at the Fairy Bridge. You can go up Snaefell (the mountain) and go and look at the Great water wheel at Laxey and just enjoy the place.

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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 3:32 pm 
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I am so excited that you are getting out and about!!! That is a very good thing and I always enjoy your trips so much. :multi: :multi:


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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:24 pm 
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I got a reminder today that that this year's subscription to the U3A was due, and decided I wouldn't renew it - I'm not really interested in Greek Philosophy or mah jong or studying architecture!! :roll: And I'm not able to take very long walks these days with my hip prob. So I rang the lady about this trip to see if I'd still be eligible for it, and she said yes! :multi:


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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 5:33 pm 
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Well, off early tomorrow morning en route to the Isle of Man, so I won't be around for a week. Behave yourselves. :wink:


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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:30 am 
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helenoftheways wrote:
Behave yourselves.

Don't we always?
Have fun.


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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:03 am 
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Have a great time Helen, of course we'll behave ourselves. :D

pssst has she gone yet? YAY! PARTY TIME!
:painting: :multi: :popcorn: :bday: :drinking:


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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:29 am 
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Enjoy your trip Helen, should be good.
I love Mah Jong it keeps your memory going, play it on a daily basis, that is the beauty of it you can play it on your own.

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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
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I've just paid my sub for U3A. It's only $20 a year. I eat that many biscuits!

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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:38 pm 
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8) Have a great time!!!


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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
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party poopers
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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
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Have a good time

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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:58 pm 
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Back! Exhausted! Lots of travelling :roll:


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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:47 am 
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Did you enjoy yourself Helen?

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 Post subject: Re: Isle of Man
PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:51 pm 
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Well....yes and no! It's a very odd place - sort of a parallel world, or a different planet! Weather very unpredictable. The room was small & stuffy, with noisy seagulls squawking all night & the sound of bottles being broken all the time (it was called a Sleepwell Hotel! :lol: )
Everything is quite expensive, specially transport....maybe with my Freedom Pass I'm just out of touch with the cost of transport!! :roll:
Two days were just about wiped out with the fog that descends when you least expect it. And I mean can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face fog!! Scary. The place is much more like Ireland than England, and the attitude is very Irish too! :) I got the definite impression that humans have a very precarious hold there and, if they were all to go, nature would take over & in 10 years, you'd never know civilisation had been there at all! :o Still, it was an experience. If you ever feel like going - fly!! Definitely!

PS I did meet some fairies though and also saw a Manx cat & sheep! :D Pics to follow when I get my act together.


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