Sunday 20th May 2012

This morning Chris and I headed out to the Point of Ayre via Ballaghennie. Once at the point, I decided to do a bit of tidelining - ensuring I kept well away from the area where the Terns are starting to nest. There were a few items of interest.
A razor, the remains of a plastic gun and a tube that had once had alcohol in - I've never seen these tubes before, must be a young person's thing!

After Chris had got out of bed, following his usual Sunday afternoon nap, we headed out into the Curraghs. We went with just standard lenses looking for plants/ interesting shots rather than Wallabies, which we didn't see anyway. The Curraghs is one of those places that looks great but is difficult to capture well

Following a shandy in The Sulby Glen we decided it was too nice to go home so, a quick visit to Shoprite followed by a quicker visit into the apartment and we were up at the point having an evening picnic

Saturday 19th May 2012

Today Dave and I decided to head down South.With TT starting next week, we would need to be thinking about road closures and getting home.

Firstly we went to Silverdale and took a walk along the river. We noticed that the waterwheel powered roundabout looked to be operational - the first time I have been to Silverdale and it's been set up and running

We walked along the river as far as Monks Bridge then headed back to the car park

Next we headed down to Scarlett. We had lunch then set off along the coastal path

After we started heading inland, to make the walk circular, we noticed a field full of rape. We were unsure if the path went that close so, took a diversion to get some pictures. Unfortunately we were looking over a wall and through a barbed wire fence so, not very successful. We carried on along the footpath, eventually ending up in the rape field - this was much better

Saturday 12th May 2012

Well, there have been no posts for a few weeks as Chris and I have been off island. We went to Speyside, Norfolk and Derbyshire on holiday, including visiting friends. Had a great time taking pictures of different views and wildlife.

This morning Dave and I first headed to Cooildharry. He had bought a new lens whilst I'd been away - Sigma 10-20mm and we were keen to try it out. These were the first shots I took with it

There was lots of new fern growth and the garlic was flowering though large swathes of it appeared to be frost burnt

After Cooildharry, we headed towards Peel but parked along the switchback and walked to Whitestrand. The beach was completely empty and made a great spot for lunch. The first picture here was taken with my 17-70, the second with Dave's new lens

As we walked back up to the car, I noticed this intact dandelion clock

Next stop was to be Ballaglass (via Laxey for ice-cream!). Prior to my holiday the bluebells had only just started coming out. I hoped they hadn't gone over whilst we'd been away. On arriving at Ballaglass, though a lot of the greenery was flattened the bluebells were still in flower though, there didn't seem to be as many as last year.