A nice walk today with the dog along the beach north of Killane and passing the long abandoned Ballateare Farmhouse back and then front.
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Former Cornaa Farm, now a beautiful Tholtan.
A very remote part of the Isle of Man to say the least!
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Apparently the grass is always greener on the other side 🙂
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A fine example of a traditional Manx Farm, “Shenharra” on the main St John’s to Peel Road.
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At Smeale on the North West coast of the Island today.
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Possibly the site of where Foxdale Mines worker James Killey murdered 3 of his children and then killed himself in 1868.
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A couple of new Ballaugh residents that I spotted whilst out on my Mountain Bike this afternoon, is it just me or is it very early for Spring Lambs?
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Silly Moos Campsite or better known at Ballakillingan Farm on the TT Course at Lezayre.
I just love the wall decor on this farm entrance (only on the Isle of Man springs to mind) 🙂
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Last week we had some new born lambs today we have some baby Goats which I first thought were Springer Spaniel Pups 🙂
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In such houses generations of Manx people lived their traditional way of life around the turf fire burning around the ample kitchen hearth or ‘chiolllagh’.
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Two pictures from Ballacraine in St Johns;
First image is the former Ballacraine Public House, now in private ownership and famous for the entry into the pub on his motorbike of George Formby in the TT film “No Limit”
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The second image shows the colourful Ballacraine Farm which is always so brightly decorated and really depicts a true Manx Farm Cottage.
Both of the above images were captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Two more images from our trip to Cregneash Farm on Easter Sunday.
The images were captured on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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