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