Douglas; Sunday, 01 July, 2012

With another stunning breakfast inside me I headed out of the hotel and down to the train station to catch the first steam train of the day south towards Port Erin.

From Port Erin I caught the bus out to the Sound of Man, the most South-Westerly point of the island, from where there are stunning views of the Calf of Man.

I took the bus the short distance back up the hill to the ethnographical museum at the Cregneash Folk Museum.

Having looked round there I caught the bus up to Ballasalla and visited the ruins of Rushen Abbey, once the most powerful site on the island, reduced to ruins by Henry VIII and hidden from memory until the late 20th century.

Having taken in Rushen Abbey I headed into Castletown, the old capital of the island to take in the castle of the same name.

After looking around Castle Rushen I had a bit more of a wander around Castletown before stopping off at the very nice pub on the town square for dinner.

Feeling bloated, and slightly sleepy, I caught the bus back to the hotel and turned in for the night