Port Mooar

 

Not Singin' or Dancin' - Just Walkin' in the Rain!

Wednesday 2nd January, 2013

 

It wasn't the best weather for the first walk of 2013!

 

The forecast changed after we arranged the walk and it was raining quite hard when we met at Port Mooar.  Alexander  thought it might be a better plan to stay in the car.

 

He is a reluctant hiker.

It rained on and off for over an hour.  We walked from Port Mooar around the coast to Port Dhrynane, near the Maughold lighthouse, but there are no photos because I kept my camera safely stored in a plastic bag.  The footpath was muddier than I ever remember it being in the past.  We climbed over the stile and continued until we reached Maughold churchyard.  Then we decided that it really was too wet for comfort and headed back to the cars.  Of course, as soon as we decided to abort the section of the walk along the Brooghs, the rain eased off and then stopped.  There was even a tiny patch of blue sky. 

 

I took a couple of photos.  First walking down the wet road from Maughold village towards the turnoff to Port Mooar.  Alexander couldn't understand why I had stopped.  He was looking forward to getting back to Port Mooar and the nice, dry car.

Then the patch of blue sky grew bigger and I took a photo over the hedge towards the sea.

It was too wet for our planned celebration of the New Year on Maughold Head, so I asked Trevor to phone Linda and we invited ourselves to their home for a celebratory visit.  We drove back  with our sparkling wine and mince pies and Dorothy's "nibbles". . . took Alexander home . . . and then celebrated in the comfort of Linda's warm living room.