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Out of Doors: Best of the Isle of Man

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Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the highlights of our 2019 trip to the Isle of Man.

The best of our 2019 trip to the Isle of Man.

Mark and Euan visit Cregneash Village to step back in time to the traditional Manx way of life. They sample some Manx kippers at Moore's Kippers in Peel and travel to the most northerly point of the island, Point of Ayre to look across to the Mull of Galloway and the mountains of Mourne.

The trip continues when they take a trip on an electric railway to reach the top of the island's highest mountain, Snaefell. 

Euan finds out about the famous Manx cat, both fact and fiction  

They also get an insight into how Douglas, the island's capital became a very popular holiday destination from the late 1800s onwards. 

And it wouldn’t be a trip to the Isle of Man without mentioning the famous TT races.  Mark and Euan take to three wheels on a motorbike trike tour of the TT course. They take a spin up to Kate's Cottage.

Laxey Waterwheel is the largest surviving working waterwheel in world and Mark found out how it all works. 

They finish their trip to the island with a visit to John 'Dog' Callister, a former Manx Bard with whom they compare Manx Gaelic and Scottish words and hear a poem form the Bard himself.

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