Almost Over 54:13N 04:41W

Henrywood
Melvin Magnall
Fri 17 Jul 2009 11:50
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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