Amazingly the weather here has been absolutely beautiful for the last week or so. "Amazingly", as the island is a cross between the lake...

I bought a replacement weather station quite soon after we decided to stay on the island, but it has been unusable for the most part. The...

Well, we achieved the goal of getting out of a (very) clean 1 Vic (thanks Anne for coming over and helping), and getting into 11CC....

I haven´t posted anything since New Year - and for good reason. We are now committed to moving out of our temporary house and into 11CC...

There will be no resolutions for me, in fact there will probably not even be a salute to the New Year as I will be in the land of nod...

... and finally (well, in good time by Isle of Man standards), we have completed on our new house. It all happened quite quickly in the...

We were sitting in the car having a cup of tea down by the seashore (as you do) and watching the variety of seabirds as the tide was out...

One of my pet hates is when there is no feedback or information update on something you are waiting for from a supplier. ...

We had decided to celebrate my birthday by going to the Shore Hotel - our restaurant of choice, not least as we can get a bus down there...

Aren´t we all moving ever closer to God. Last week, exactly 6 months after we arrived here, we had a bid accepted on a house. Nothing to...

Most local Manx people we meet here seem to have a very low opinion of the health service on the island, but our experience is that it is...

Well, we did think we had found somewhere we wanted to buy - and offered the asking price - but the owner (who is in the UK and can only...

Bank Holiday Monday today and roads a lot quieter than usual (even than the weekend, which is strange). Today is the last day (of 8) of...

I had forgotten how different "British" electrical systems were from continental ones - especially as some of our postings were in places...

Many moons ago G and I visited friends in Kenya, and apart from all the memorable animals and places (and flights), the one thing that we...

There is a "rookery" in the trees between our house and the park - so only about 150 yds away. Every so often, they all (at least 2 or 3...

I finally managed to get the e-bike out again after "hibernating" during the TT , then not really having the enthusiasm (and using the...

Last week I found two potential new homes, but the initial euphoria turned to disillusionment within a very short space of time. OK, the...

The Senior TT is the jewel in the whole event and normally runs over 6 laps of the course (say 230 miles), but there were so many races...

As is preTTy obvious, the thing that you love or hate on the Isle of Man is the TT. Probably the only thing that any non-motorbiker /...