Tag Archives: isle of man

One hundred

By 6000 | 6000 | June 9, 2011

Amazing. Please say hello to my Auntie Hazel, all the way from the Isle of Man. She’s just got off that trike behind her. And here’s the scoop from local radio station 3FM: A local woman has been sharing her birthday with the Mountain course. TT 2011 is the centenary of the Mountain Course. Hazel [...]

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Clarkson loses Manx court case

By 6000 | 6000 | May 12, 2010

Much joy on the Isle of Man today as BBC Top Gear presenter and Manx resident Jeremy Clarkson will have to reopen a footpath he had fenced off on the beautiful Langness peninsular. This after the decision of a public enquiry went against him. Jeremy and his family own the lighthouse which sits on Dreswick Point at the southernmost [...]

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Late again

By 6000 | 6000 | May 7, 2010

Home from a hectic day at work to a hectic evening at home, mainly involving a jungle gym, a yellow barrel and a golf ball. Don’t ask. And then dinner and a few episodes of Big Bang Theory. Yes, it’s American and therefore should be rubbish, but the science angle makes it personally relevant and therefore amusing. It [...]

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Gansey – a parenting revelation

By 6000 | 6000 | July 24, 2009

Behold! A picture of Gansey – the beach in the Isle of Man where I spent most of my childhood summers. Gansey (gets bigger here) It had everything a young boy could want: ample sand for beach football or cricket, sun, sea, rocks with the essential rock pools, a small river etc etc. It was perfect. At [...]

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Holiday Highlights

By 6000 | 6000 | July 16, 2009

Although it pains me to say it, the 2009 Kids in Tow Tour is slowly but surely drawing to a close. And – as with all holidays – it’s had its ups and its downs. Fortunately, the highlights have far outweighed the negatives and – because I blog for myself as much as anyone else [...]

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