4/6/23
While a large number
of the island's temporarily much expanded population were either watching
the TT races or football Cup Final, we had a stroll along the Marine Drive,
which was very quiet and peaceful, and I managed three drone flight for
some aerial pictures.
3/6/23 DJI Mini 2
The Pigeon Stream
    
Port Wallberry
    
Fiddler's Green and
the Marine Drive Archway
    
Moonrise from Birch
Hill
 
8/6/23
Yesterday was another
TT race day, so in the afternoon I headed for some peace and tranquility
for a walk in the hills above Laxey. Not a long walk, the GPS tracker
logged slightly over four miles, but with a height gain/loss of around
750 ft.
Panasonic FZ82 7/6/23
    
    
    
    
    
16/6/23
We have had house guests
staying for the last five days, so although I have been out and about and
taking pictures, there just wasn't any spare time to edit them (it does
take quite a lot of time!), but here is a start. On Tuesday morning
we all took a trip up to Snaefell summit on the trams from Laxey and the
breeze was light enough up there for me do do some aerial photography.
Nice to see it so green, although it won't last long!
Panasonic TZ200 &
DJI Mini 2 13/6/23
    
   
 
17/6/23
After our trip up to
the summit of Snaefell, we continued from Laxey to Ramsey by car, for lunch
at Milntown House. After
lunch we had a stroll in the gardens.
Panasonic TZ200 13/6/23
    
    
From Milntown we headed
up to the Ballaugh Curragh, hopefully to show our visitors the wild orchids
growing at Close Sartfield. It was going to be a fairly quick visit
though, as one of them was suffering from a bad attack of hay fever, with
all the pollen blowing around.
Panasonic TZ200 13/6/23
    
18/6/23
For the second full
day of our visitor's stay we headed south, dropping them off at Douglas
for a trip down to Port Erin on the Steam Railway, then by car to The Sound
for lunch in the cafe and a stroll around. I took the opportunity
to shoot some aerial pictures there.
DJI Mini 2 14/6/23
   
 
19/6/23
Thursday was the final
full day of our visitor's stay on the island and after having a wander
around St John's followed by lunch at Green's
Cafe, we split into two sections with my brother and I electing for
a walk down to the sea from Glen Maye village, while the girls went to
Tynwald Mills then Peel. We ended up meeting back at Peel (unplanned)
when everybody decided that an ice cream from Davisons
was a great idea on a hot afternoon!
Panasonic TZ200 &
DJI Mini 2 15/6/23
Glen Maye
    
    
   
Peel
    
20/6/23
On Sunday morning I
did a trip down to the southwest of the island and carried out a couple
of drone flights. The first one was taking pictures of the picturesque
village of Cregneash and its surroundings. Part of the village is
a folk museum, but the other houses are still private residences.
DJI Air 2S 18/6/23
    
  
  
21/6/23
After shooting the Cregneash
pictures on Sunday morning, I took a walk down the hill to see if conditions
at The Chasms might be suitable for flying. They were and I took
these pictures, being careful to remain well away from the areas where
birds are raising their young at this time of year.
DJI Air 2S 18/6/23
    
    
 
22/6/23
As a change to aerial
pictures, here's a set mostly taken from only just above the surface of
the sea! On Tuesday afternoon I took the sit on kayak to Port Mooar
to se if conditions were suitable for a paddle up to Maughold Head.
They were and these are some of the pictures I took.
GoPro Hero 9 20/6/23
    
    
    
A quick flight for some
aerial shots before heading home from Port Mooar.
DJI Mini 2
   
23/6/23
These pictures were
all taken on Wednesday afternoon when I had a walk up in the hills above
the West Baldwin valley. The start and end sections were on the Colden
Warden's Walk, but I soon branched off that to make my way up to The
Creg and Colden summit, rejoining the walk later on.
Panasonic TZ200 21/6/23
    
    
    
    
    
24/6/23
I took advantage of
the last day of sunny weather on Thursday afternoon before it was forecast
to deteriorate on the following day, with another walk in the hills.
Starting off part way along Glen Auldyn, I hadn't initially decided as
the whether it would be just an out and back walk along the glen, or extending
it considerably by returning via the tops and Sky Hill, which is what I
did in the end. I had the mini drone with me so carried out a couple
of lights along the way.
Panasonic TZ200 &
DDI Mini 2 22/6/23
    
    
  
    
 
    
27/6/23
I've been getting way
behind on some sections of the website, the last time I updated the Aircraft
section was in September last year! Now I don't get down to Ronaldsway
so often since I retired from ATC there quite a few years ago (don't think
they ever actually managed to replace me!) but have taken a few aircraft
pictures since then, so this morning I tried to do a bit of a catch up.
Still not right up to date but here's the first offering, covering pictures
taken from February to May this year. Click any of the thumbnails
below to head over to the section.
    
28/6/23
I've finished updating
the aircraft section including pictures of this year's Red Arrows display
and a visit by the iconic Avro Lancaster to Douglas. The pictures
are now split into two sections, click any of the thumbnails below to visit
the second one.
    
I've also managed to
complete producing web pages for the 360 degree panoramas I shot in April
and May while we were in Lanzarote. In the end there were 63 of them,
mostly 360 degree interactice ones, but a few are 'linear' and there's
also a few conventional still shots thrown in.
Click any of the thumbnails
below to head over to their page which runs down in chronological order.
   
30/6/23
I took these pictures
at a few locations yesterday while driving visiting friends on a trip around
the northern end of the island.
Panasonic FZ82 29/6/23
   
   
1/7/23
These are all phone
pictures that I took yesterday, wandering around central Douglas while
waiting for a fault on my car to be fixed.
Samsung Galaxy A71 30/6/23
    
    
   
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