Lower slopes near Ballakillowey
Ballagawne roundabout - start of the Sloc hill climb
Looking up the coast from the base of The Stacks
Looking over the fields towards Derbyhaven
Purgatory - this section saps your energy
Looking south from the Stacks
First stage of the hill complete, and the road drops back down about 150ft
The Stacks - slopes up several hundred feet above you
Quartz formations on a large quartz boulder - base of the Stacks
Looking up the Sloc from the Stacks. The hill climb continues after the road disappears from sight
Looking north towards Cronk ny Arrey Laa from Lhiattee ny Beinnee
Pile of rocks on the summit of Lhiattee ny Beinnee. Most summits have these piles of rocks
Looking south from Lhiattee ny Beinnee towards Bradda. In the distance is the Calf of Man
A swamp isn't the first thing you'd expect to find on top of a cliff
Some pond life
Looking south from Carnanes to Fleshwick Bay and Bradda Hill
The landscape looking south from Carnanes
Bradda Hill
Fleshwick Bay
Three ducks in the grass. I love my 300mm lens.
The drake settles down
Looking back to Carnanes from halfway up Bradda Hill
Slate formation
Looking south along Bradda
It's a long way down - Bradda tops out at around 750 feet
The remnants of the gorse and bracken that was destroyed by fire 3 years ago
Moss on the windswept hillside
A minature garden of moss, lichens and small plants
Another view of the minature garden
The heather recovering from the fires
Rocks smoothed by weathering
Looking north from the top of Bradda
Looking towards Castletown and Derbyhaven from Bradda
Looking down to the Irish Sea from the top of Bradda.
Looking straight down the slope which abuptly turns into a cliff of fatal height
Looking south towards Milner's Tower and the Calf of Man
Steep slopes down to the sea on the west side of Bradda
Milner's Tower overlooks some bleak and rugged terrain. In summer, the terrain softens as it is covered in blue and purple flowers
Milner's Tower
Port Erin Bay and Port Erin
Arty farty silhouette of Milner's Tower
Milner's Tower backlit by the sun
Gorse flowers on Bradda Head
Our national flag flying in the springtime breeze