Planning a weekend in the Isle of Man
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
August 16, 2016 4:12am CST
The weekend that I spent in Wales was far better than I had expected, so I decided to go somewhere this weekend. After much deliberation I settled on the Isle of Man. I have visited there before, but it was many moons ago.
The rail and ferry or coach and ferry can be quite a difficult journey from Manchester, despite how close some of the ports are. It was much easier to book a flight from Manchester airport, which is just a 50 minute flight each way.
My outbound journey will be on Friday and I shall be returning on Monday, so it is just 3 nights on the island.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Aug 16
Is the King going to be there? Apparently there is a direct descendant of the last king that is making a claim to the throne. He is American and the last I heard he was making his home there.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Aug 16
We have enough lazy royals to support without importing any more. Actually the Isle of Man, like several islands off our shores, is not a part of the United Kingdom. This should please you because they issue their own postage stamps.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Aug 16
@Jeanniemaries It is incredible how such circumstances affect people differently.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Aug 16
@Asylum Oh hooray! I am already anticipating it! I watched a program, a reality series actually on this person who is claiming the throne. I like his wife but he is a strange bird and his daughter is insufferably precocious.
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@LadyDuck (471992)
• Switzerland
16 Aug 16
@Asylum There are several Italian Islands that I have never visited and some sound interesting. My niece went to Ustica for a marriage two month ago and she says that it's beautiful. I am not ready to go to Palermo or Napoli to get a ferry to go there.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
18 Aug 16
Jokes aside - I thought I had a postcard from the Isle of Man - but it seems I have one from the Isle of Wight - which is on the other side of the UK. The Isle of man is so close to Ireland, so maybe next time you can hop on over there too!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
18 Aug 16
You are correct on both counts, the Isle of Wight is in the English Channel and the Isle of Man is in the Irish Sea, not far from Ireland. I have sailed past both sides of the Isle of Wight travelling by ferry to the Channel Islands, but never actually stopped there.
I like the subtle hint that you do not have a postcard from the Isle of Man.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Aug 16
I used the Isle of Man Steam Packet company from Llandudno many years ago and found the crossing very calm.
My only bad ferry crossing was returning from Jersey one year. The channel was so rough that the luggage had to be strapped down and the ferry was thrown all over the place. They cancelled the return sailing that night.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
17 Aug 16
Take and share pictures, please. I would love to see the Isle from your perspective.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Aug 16
@ElizabethWallace Oh dear, I must apologise for that Elizabeth, although I realise what went wrong. It can be difficult typing directly into Mylot at times, so I write into Microsoft Word and then copy and paste to Mylot.
The above comment was placed on a discussion of Anna's, so I must have failed to copy the new comment properly which resulted in that nonsense still being on the clipboard when I pasted.
My intended reply was that I will not be taking my laptop, so I shall find out how to reduce a photograph size on my tablet.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
17 Aug 16
Good grief 50 minutes is it a self propelled plane? Do they give you a feather to flap? Perhaps it is with Manx air the propellers are shaped like your Isle of Man logo! Either way have a great time. I have never been there although I would like to go one day!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Aug 16
@garymarsh6 I always take my passport and took it to Llandudno as well. It is my only definite proof of identity.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
17 Aug 16
@Asylum Don't forget your passport on your return you may be tempted just to jump on a plane seeing that you are already at the airport! Have a great time!
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Aug 16
I'm not sure that I ever heard of this place before, but I see that it's fairly close to where you live now. That will make the travel less time consuming other than the getting to the island itself it sounds. Is it difficult as far as time spent going between or are there a lot more waves in that portion of the water?
I didn't catch that you were going by plane this time. I guess I thought you were talking about flying from your area to a spot nearer to the island by plane and still going the rest of the way by ferry or whatever. It wasn't until I read owl's reply that I went and read again this post to see where my understand went awry.
But, got it now.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Aug 16
@MarshaMusselman I could probably have saved a few pounds by land and sea, but it would be a laborious journey.
Of course travelling by sea would have taken me to the harbour in Douglas, where I am staying. The flight takes me further South, so I will require a bus to Douglas.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Aug 16
@Asylum It's probably not too much more expensive going by air since it's so close and all?
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@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
17 Aug 16
Have a nice trip. I have never been there, but a blogger I follow went there. I hear it's nice place to visit.
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@Ujjawal29 (245)
• New Delhi, India
16 Aug 16
Never spent vacations on an island. Enjoy the lovely place.
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@Ujjawal29 (245)
• New Delhi, India
16 Aug 16
@Asylum i wish i could travel like you
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Aug 16
@Ujjawal29 I do not manage to take many holidays these days.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
16 Aug 16
I am looking forward to hearing about your adventure this is another place I have never visited.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
17 Aug 16
Have a safe trip and enjoy yourself enough for you and me. 
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@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
17 Aug 16
I've not been there but I'd like to go.
Over the past near decade I've had no job and have lived on savings.
Now I have a job I probably will take holidays again.
Last one was to Cuba and I overstayed my visa by a long while
I did like going to places but now I've nobody to go with.
On your travels do you go alone or have you some holiday mates you go with?
I've seen on the internet you can make holiday mates and go with them to places if you don't like to go on your own.
I did like going to places but now I've nobody to go with.
On your travels do you go alone or have you some holiday mates you go with?
I've seen on the internet you can make holiday mates and go with them to places if you don't like to go on your own.1 person likes this
