{"id":14177,"date":"2025-07-17T15:16:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14177"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:40:03","slug":"a-quick-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14177","title":{"rendered":"A quick flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday afternoon we drove to Liverpool airport and caught a plane to the Isle of Man. The flight was very short – 18 minutes from pushback at Liverpool to landing at Ronaldsway. Liverpool city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here we are passing Douglas, capital city of the Isle of Man, and our base for the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It took less than 20 minutes to get there, so how come the fare was the same as we pay for our regular flight to Geneva? Anyhow, we had reserved a table at a fish restaurant by the harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a lovely meal, followed by a few drinks in a pub around the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have never been to the Isle of Man before, and the last time that Val was here was when she was 5 years old. She has an an old family cine film including images of a pub called the Creek Inn, somewhere on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here she is with her mum with a castle in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And another snap in the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It would be nice to find the location of these images. Google tells us that the pub still exists, in a little town called Peel on the other side of the island. We can get there by bus. Peel is nice. Here is the castle by the harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This seafood shack looked very tempting, but we were still full of breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peel has a big marina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alongside the marina we find the Creek Inn. Fortunately, cameras have improved in the last 55 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A good day out, with a little family history revisited. We have a reservation at an Italian restaurant tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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