This little Turtle Dove has been hanging around Fort Island for the last few days, the Turtle Dove is a relatively rare bird for the Isla of Man and it’s the first time I have ever seen one.
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Castletown Harbour looking very nice today 🇮🇲
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Love the pastel colours of these homes in Milner Terrace, Castletown 🇮🇲
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Isle of Man Steam Railway Loco number 13 ‘Kissack’ leaving Castletown Station today 🇮🇲
Next stop Ballabeg Station.
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Isle of Man Steam Railway Loco number 12 ‘Hutchinson’ arriving at Castletown Station.
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King Williams College – Castletown with the College Chapel to the right of the image.
The foundation stone to this beautiful College was laid by the then Governor Cornelius Smelt in 1830 and College was opened in 1833, in 1844 virtually all the interior was destroyed by fire.
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‘Feeagh’ which means Raven in Manx, calmly sailing into Castletown Harbour.
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6 The Parade in Castletown AKA Balcony House, and the former home of Captain John Quilliam RN – As a Lieutenant he steered the Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Now they don’t make door entrances like this nowadays 🙂
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Castletown Lighthouses which remind me of Manx Daleks 🙂
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During the 1950s Mr G. B. Gardner was the owner of a fine collection of occult items. He converted the outer buildings adjoining this three-storey windmill in Arbory Road into a museum of witchcraft and magic.
This fine mill is now in private ownership.
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Nicky looking South on a cold, crisp afternoon from Langness Peninsula.
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Langness lighthouse on Langness Peninsula was designed by Thomas Stevenson (Robert Louis Stevenson’s father) and first lit in 1880 and was finally automated in 1996 by the Northern Lighthouse Board.
The foghorn that is situated right behind the lighthouse and that is adjacent to Dreswick Harbour.
The footpath around the rear (or seaward side of the lighthouse) has recently been the subject of a Public inquiry on the Isle of Man which has ruled in favour of the ramblers.
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