1st July
Thirty years ago, on
the 1st of July 1990, the Steam Packet ship 'Channel Entente' brought me
to the Isle of Man as an incomer to start a new job in Air Traffic Control
at Ronaldsway Airport. I didn't know that much about the island then,
so it was all a bit of an adventure, but I've now lived in this country
longer than any other and never regretted the move. For the first
month I lived in a hotel in Port Erin, before moving to our house in Onchan
and the following pictures were taken during that first year. I'd
never heard of the Internet or World Wide Web when I moved here, although
the WWW was invented in that year, but eight years later digital photography
entered my life and I took the first steps that resulted in the present
Island Images website, hopefully to continue for a few more years yet.
4th July
A few pictures
taken in Laxey this morning when I was there to photograph the first day
of resumed operation on the Great Laxey Mine Railway.
Nikon D7100 4/7/20
7th July
A few pictures from
a visit to a very busy Wildlife Park yesterday afternoon. Panasonic
FZ150 6/7/20
Finishing with some
wild wallaby pictures in the curragh. We counted a total of ten seen
in quite a small area.
9th July
Aerial pictures of
the Isle of Man's Airport at Ronaldsway
Regular site visitors
will have seen the aerial photos taken around Ronaldsway while the airport
was closed for extended time periods during April, May and the start of
June. All the drone flights were conducted in accordance with permissions
and agreed procedures from the IOM CAA and ATC. I also took the opportunity
to turn the camera towards the airport and have produced a separate gallery
of Ronaldsway pictures together with some information showing a bit of
the history of the airport and how it has grown since it opened in 1933.
Ronaldsway
Airport Aerial Pictures - 2020
8th July
It's very useful being
able to view data from the IOM Met Office's anemometer on Snaefell Summit
when planning a tip to the top. Yesterday the conditions
looked like they might
be suitable for some aerial photography so I set off with the little DJI
Spark drone in my rucksack.
Panasonic TZ200 &
DJI Spark 9/7/20
11th July
After giving up on the
Snaefell aerial photography on Thursday afternoon, I headed north along
the Mountain Road to Gooseneck
where there were less
clouds and did a quick flight there. DJI Spark 9/7/20
12th July
Five aerial Panoramas,
taken yesterday morning and afternoon in three locations. DJI Spark
11/7/20
16th July
Pictures from a stroll
around the gardens at Milntown House on Tuesday, before lunch in the great
cafe there. Panasonic TZ200 14/7/20
18th July
Aerial photography at
the delightful Fleshwick Bay on Thursday afternoon, reached by a twisty
single track road from Port Erin. It had been sunny but clouded over
just as I was ready to fly, which muted the colours a little. DJI
Phantom 4 Pro 16/7/20
17th July
A few pictures taken
in Ramsey on Tuesday afternoon. Panasonic TZ200 14/7/20
20th July
A trip down to the south
western extremity of the island on a sunny Sunday morning, to carry out
some aerial photography in the area of The Sound.
DJI Phantom 4 Pro 19/7/20
21st July
Some pictures taken
at the Wildlife Park on Sunday afternoon. Nikon D7100 19/7/20
Some wild Wallabies
out in the Curragh. Nikon D7100 19/7/20
22nd July
Pictures taken on Monday
afternoon when we had a walk around the Langness peninsula. Panasonic
TZ200 20/7/20
23rd July
Some aerial photography
from Tuesday afternoon, flying from Clet Aldrick, just to the north of
the Calf Sound. DJI Spark 21/7/20
A few more aerial pictures
from Tuesday, a quick flight at Port Erin towards the end of the afternoon.
DJI Spark 21/7/20
28th July
After some atrocious
weather in the morning with strong winds and heavy rain, it turned nicer
after lunchtime and we had a visit to the City of Peel and a stroll around
the streets of the old town finishing with a walk around the outside of
the castle. Panasonic TZ200 27/7/20
In the morning
In the afternoon
31st July
Three pictures take
from home late yesterday afternoon/evening. Panasonic TZ200 30/7/20
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