Almost Over 54:13N 04:41W
Henrywood
Melvin Magnall
Fri 17 Jul 2009 11:50
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We are
still at The Isle of Man. Yacht Haika and crew returned to the UK and we hope to
head over this evening, ready for a 0915 docking in Glasson on Sunday
19th.
So we will have 4 of us on the sail to the
UK and as close as we are it's still can be a naughty bit of Irish Sea to
cross.
We spent a night in Northern Ireland at a
place called Ardglass. A really quaint harbor and a wonderful old Irish
pub.
The harbor at Ardglass, Northern
Ireland.
 We left there for Peel on the Isle of Man,
home of the motorcycle TT Races.
 I'm staying with some friends of Melvin's in a
small place called Andreas and
they were able to locate a motorcycle for me so
I was able to ride the TT course
here. What a thrill although I was a little
slower that the average lap speed of 130+ MPH.
We went out to the local pub where the teenage
daughter of the folks I'm staying with
waitresses. I sampled queenies which are a small
scallop. They were very nice and sweeter
than ours in the States.
The Island is a beautiful place about 30 x 12
miles with 80,000 people 45,000 who live in
Douglas the capital.
Niarbyl on the SW coast
 Niarbyl.
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