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24-Feb-2022

I'm amazed, all over again, by how beautiful this place is, and I think the only way to do it justice is with lots of pictures... Here's the first instalment:

snow
Views from Scarlett on the day it snowed

bird

coast

bay

blowhole

pier
Ramsey, on the day Russia walked into Ukraine... It was appropriately freezing that day, with a wicked wind. Just impossible to keep warm

harbour1
Ramsey harbour

bridge

harbour2

harbour3

harbour4

beach
So much sand...

catshelter

saddlehotel
Ramsey boasts some very handsome buildings

clocktower

cornerhotel

palmshadows

shop

mitrehotel

mooraghlake
The Mooragh Park, a rare but much favoured destination when I was a child

robin

palms

oldballaugh1
And finally, the adorable old church of St Mary de Ballaugh

churchyard

view

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