Sunday 24th November 2013

Today Chris wanted to try to do some macro work so, we headed to Ballaghennie as the pine car park is usually sheltered and can be good for bugs. I headed out across the heath, armed with a number of lenses

I then walked down onto the beach

Next stop, Point of Ayre

Saturday 23rd November 2013

This morning Dave and I headed to South Barrule to walk through to the Cringle reservoir. On arrival at the car park, it was quite busy with cyclists, joggers and Segway riders but, once away from the car park it became quieter

Cringle was very quiet with just a single fisherman on the banks

After some lunch, we headed back towards the car via the fire pool

We next drove over to the mines above Foxdale. The bent tower has fallen but is now stabilised

As we started to head north, we decided to call into Peel to see if there was any chance of a sunset.

Sunday 17th November 2013

Today Chris and I were planning on having lunch at the Sulby Glen so initially we headed to Ballaghennie for a short walk and to see if the Snow Buntings that had been seen at the point the day before had made their way that far. The weather was grey and blowy so, after a short while we headed into the Curraghs as the Royal Ferns were looking nice.

 

 

We saw a number of Wallabies, having our best views in a long time

 



Saturday 16th November 2013

With not much idea about what to do today, we initially headed along the coast road with a vague plan of walking to Clypse Reservoir from the Creg back road. On the way though, we went for a walk through Laxey Glen and took a footpath that led up to Axnfell.

 

 

 

 

 

We returned the car and headed towards Clypse

 



We walked around the reservoir and saw a lot of Mallards and one Tufted Duck

Sunday 10th November 2013

Another bright day with blue skies though it remains chilly. There was a little bit of frost on the grasses at Ballaghennie this morning but, not enough to make a picture.

We then headed to the Point of Ayre. I walked by the side of the tip then across the top of the beach but, no sign of the Golden Plover but, I did see a few Stonechat

Saturday 9th November 2013

Today was a much better day so, as we hadn't walked for a while (and had been discussing doing this walk for some time) we headed to Little London.

We parked up and headed down the road towards the riding stables. When we reached the stream, instead of following the sign across the stepping stones (Dave fell in here last time) we headed over the bridge and briefly into a garden before picking up the footpath. Then we headed up towards the ruined tholtan

We carried on up and across the moors. The path was a little overgrown in places

After a short detour down a valley (the path led on to Crosby) we headed through the plantation.

After returning to the car and having some lunch, we headed to St Johns and the arboretum.

Sunday 3rd November 2013

Blue skies and sunshine greeted us this morning so, we got wrapped up, gathered our equipment and went out in the MR2. First stop, Mooragh Park

We then drove to Ballaghennie which was a little wild

Next stop, the sunflower field - though no sunflowers this year