Saturday 10th March 2012

When I got up at a little after 7am, I noticed that the tide was a good way out. For some time now I have been wanting to get a shot looking between the two stone piers in Ramsey but of course, this can only be done at a really low tide. I grabbed my camera and rushed out. Unfortunately the tide was on the turn and not far enough out for the show I wanted. I did get a sunrise shot with the pier - not a dramatic sunrise but, quite nice all the same.

This week, Dave and I headed to Maughold. The daffodils were putting on a fine show and we wanted to get some by the church before they died back. When we arrived at the church however, it was a little grey and miserable so we decided to walk the coastal path to Port Mooar and hopefully it would be brighter on our return.

As we walked along the beach, Dave noticed a dolls arm in amongst the seaweed

We carried on along the path towards Port Mooar

We then walked back up towards the church to have a go at the daffodils

We then headed to Laxey for lunch, a walk then ice cream

As we walked through Laxey Glen, we traced the path of a structure that we had seen further down the glen. It looks like the remains of some sort of aquaduct but, we could only speculate as to why it was built and what it had been used for

We then headed to Ballanette Nature Reserve. Not the right time of year to see much, though we did see some Tufted Duck

We then headed home. Later in the evening, after Chris and I had eaten tea, we saw that the tide was at it's lowest and the sky was looking pink. I headed out with my camera and tripod to try for the shot between the stone piers