My friend and I boarded a small plane in England, and it took one hour to get to our port. We boarded the Ferry to Heysham, then took us to the Isle of Man.
The Isle of man is one of the British Isles located in the Irish Sea near the N.W. coast of England. Douglas is their capital. The pop. of the Isle of man is 83,314. It is self-governing with British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The symbol for the Isle of Man is legs running, which means you always land on your feet.
Food on the Isle of Man
We arrived in the evening at our Inn, and the Chef prepared a wonderful meal for us. We had scallops cooked to perfection, along with green beans and potatoes and a small chef’s salad. On our first evening, we saw a beautiful rainbow in the sky. There are many nice Pubs and restaurants on the Isle of Man.
We shopped in the local stores and enjoyed the scenery. We packed all the purchased items and took them to the post office to be mailed back to the USA. We rode on the narrow gauge steam railway from Douglas to Castletown, Port St. Mary, and Port Erin.
Racing on the Isle of Man
The Isle of man is famous for racing cars and motorbikes. They close off 27 miles of HWY for the races. The motorbikes can reach speeds of up to 180 miles per hour.
Manx Cats on the Isle of Man
We ate at our Inn, and I asked about the Manx cats because they originated on the Isle of Man. Our waitress said two left on the Isle of Man at the local pet shelter. She called a taxi driver for us. He picked us up, and we raced down the road to get there since they would close very soon. He was a charming Irish taxi driver. We arrived at the pet shelter in just the nick of time. The woman at the shelter told me the fawn-colored male Manx cat would sell for 200 pounds, the gray-striped male would sell for 45 Us dollars, and a top show cat could sell for 4500 Us dollars. I looked at the two cats, took pictures, and then returned to our Inn.
The Manx cat originated on the Isle of man. It has a naturally occurring gene that shortens its tail. When the Vikings came years ago, they had Norwegian Forest cats with them on their ships, and some of them left the ship and blended with the native cats, which were short-haired cats—the short-haired one of the original show cats of the CFA in 1906. Manx cats are both long-haired and short-haired. They are excellent hunters.
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