Richard Flynn

Isle of Man, August 2011

I went to the Isle of Man with Mummy, Daddy, and John for a few days in August 2011. Trams, trains, wheels, and rolling countryside.

John doing his thing outside the Post Office in Douglas.
Family People Portrait Candid Summer Street
This hut forms the terminus for the Electric Railway in Douglas.
Railway Summer Tram Building
The Baldrine tram (sorry, ‘Electric Railway’) stop on the line from Douglas to Ramsey. Many of the stops were decorated with bloomng flowers.
Sign Flowers Summer Tram Railway Building
On board the tram from Douglas to Ramsey.
Summer Portrait Posed Tram People Family Railway
View from the tram travelling north to Ramsey. The weather was not especially clement during our trip, although the clouds did occasionally break.
Summer View Clouds Trees Grass
The tram, having disonnected from its toast-rack trailer, moves from one line to the other at Ramsey so that it can return south to Douglas. The trailer was moved releasing its brake and letting gravity carry it past the points so that it can be reconnected to the (now) rear of the tram.
Street Summer Tram Railway
Ho ho.
Summer Portrait Posed People Family Street
In the café at Ramsey waiting for our lunch.
Family People Summer Portrait Candid Restaurant
In the café at Ramsey waiting for our lunch.
Portrait Candid Restaurant Summer Family People
Boats in Ramsey harbour.
Harbour Irish Sea Summer Water Boat
Boats in Ramsey harbour.
Irish Sea Summer Boat Water Harbour
The Laxey Wheel (Lady Isabella), seen from the Snaefell Electric Railway (another tram).
View Waterwheel Tiltshift effect artificial Grass Summer Trees
John on board the Snaefell tram.
Summer Trees Family Black and white Tram Portrait Candid People
View from the Snaefell tram. You can just see the Irish Sea in the distance.
Clouds Grass Summer Trees View
The Snaefell Mountain Railway tram at its mountain terminus.
Tram Summer
View from Snaefell over some of the Isle of Man’s rolling hills.
tonemapped Summer Trees Clouds Grass View HDR multipleexposure HDR
Panoramic view from Snaefell over some of the Isle of Man’s rolling hills.
Trees Summer Grass Clouds Photostitch Panorama Panorama View
View from Snaefell over some of the Isle of Man’s rolling hills.
HDR multipleexposure Summer View HDR Grass Trees Clouds
Panoramic view from Snaefell over some of the Isle of Man’s rolling hills.
Grass Clouds Summer View Panorama Trees Photostitch Panorama
The underside of Lady Isabella, the water-wheel at Laxey (the largest water-wheel in the world).
Summer Water Waterwheel
Lady Isabella, the Laxey water-wheel.
Waterwheel Summer Water
This aqueduct-like structure doesn’t in fact carry water to (or from) the Laxey water-wheel, but rather supports the arm which the wheel drives, which in turn was used to operate the pumps to clear the nearby mines of water.
Aqueduct Grass Summer Trees Water Waterwheel
View through the spokes of Lady Isabella, the Laxey water-wheel.
Summer Water Closeup Trees Waterwheel Grass
Here the mechanical piston-arm attached to Lady Isabella (the Laxey water-wheel) is more plainly visible. When the mines were operating, the wheel’s motion was used to drive the pumps to clear the mines of water.
Summer Grass Water Trees Stream Aqueduct Waterwheel
View over the top of Lady Isabella, the Laxey water-wheel.
Summer Trees HDR HDR multipleexposure Waterwheel Grass Water
John and Daddy on top of Lady Isabella’s platform.
Waterwheel Portrait Posed Family Trees People Summer Grass Water
Mummy down the mine.
Portrait Posed Summer Tunnel People Family Mine
Daddy down the mine.
Portrait Posed Family Summer Tunnel Mine People
Lady Isabella, the Laxey water-wheel.
Waterwheel Silhouette Summer Clouds
Locals and tourists on the beach at Peel.
Irish Sea Photostitch Panorama Beach Panorama People Clouds Summer Sea
A carriage of the Isle of Man steam railway, which runs between Port Erin and Dougas.
Railway Summer Train Steam Train
The steam locomotive which pulled our train from Port Erin to Douglas.
Railway Train People Steam Train Summer