Minister for doom and gloom – Isle of Man

I was sad to recently hear that the Manx Electric Railway will be closed between Laxey to Ramsey after a report to the Minister for Tourism and Leisure highlighted some disrepair to the line and the track. To which the minister took the decision to stop the service based on safety grounds. I later read [...]

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Isle of Man Steam and Electric Railway passenger increase for 2007

I was reading a recent newspaper article about the Isle of Man Steam and Electric Railways, and was pleasantly suprised to hear that the passenger figures were up by 7.1 percent on last year for the steam railway and 9.9 percent up for the electric railway. I must say that I think this increase in [...]

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Arboretum on a beautiful winters morning.

The Arboretum at St Johns is always very popular with families and kids at the weekend. Last Sunday was a cracking fresh winters morning so the family headed out with our loaves of bread to feed the ducks and chickens. It was a great morning and we all had such fun, some more than others!

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Isle of Man – Virtually! virtualiom.com

Just wanted to praise Andrew Reid for his great website www.virtualiom.com. The site is very impressive and really demonstrates the natural beauty of the Isle of Man and its great scenery that it has to offer. The site is made up of a generation of panoramas around the Isle of Man and has grown in [...]

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Isle of Man Steam Packet – Rip off merchants!

Was gonna go to Liverpool this weekend on a day trip with my wife. I was quoted 124 pounds on the Isle of Man Steam Packet website for a return day trip despite special offers for 24 pound return advertised (with the usual conditions apply bollocks). How they can justify 124 pounds for two people [...]

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