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Ramsey to Maughold

Maughold, Isle of Man


A sunny day, but blowing a gale...but worrying as the direction meant it would be trying to blow me off the cliffs, rather than keeping me on, but never mind.

Here's the view from the first hill, with Ramsey in the far distance. See the huge wave? Thats where I tried to walk along the beach...I gave that bit up pretty quickly. In fairness there were loads of signs saying that bit of the path was closed, but I went for it anyway, in a sort of indignant I-know-best way, until luckily I saw the waves crashing in in time.

Looking inland, you can see how bad the weather had been the day before.

This is a fabulous bit of coastline: everyone on the island raves about Maughold, and I can see why now. These views don't do it justice.

It also has one of the oldest churches on the island, with a huge collection of wonderful old crosses, and the second oldest 3 Legs of Man symbol (sorry, wonky!)



The church was founded by monks from Ireland, 1500 years or so ago, and you can still see the foundations of small monastic churches, including this one with it's round tower (very Irish, trust me).


permalink written by  martin_b on March 19, 2007 from Maughold, Isle of Man
from the travel blog: Isle Of Man Coastal Path
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