P suggested that as we were going out perhaps we should also stop for a coffee and perhaps a stroll.
The coffee shop at the museum was empty so we had the place to ourselves.
Coffee and a shared slice of lemon cake, looking out at the museum entrance and the marina...
We then walked along the Promenade where I stopped by the Chocolate Shop and bought a gift for a friend. The charity shop is right next door so we browsed in there amongst the 50p books and chinaware. I bought myself a gently used cardigan for £2.
Walking back up through the lanes I stopped to take a photo of the old police station. It has always interested me but this was the first time that I had taken a photograph...
Back home and it has now started to rain.... AGAIN!!!
Cake and coffee. My favourite. What dothe statues commemorate JayCee?
ReplyDeleteThose figures represent the Viking invaders who landed on the island and whose story is told inside the museum. When you are inside the museum there is a replica of their ship behind that huge glass wall. When you look out through the glass you see the figures outside, pulling the boat up onto the shore.
DeleteThanks for the information.
ReplyDeletePerhaps they were the same Vikings that visited your neck of the woods back in the day 😉
DeleteMore than likely. The Isle of Man and Ireland were once all one. They call Vikings "The Danes" in Ireland. They founded Dublin.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to get get of the house and do normal things. I shall have to pick your brains one day on IOM history. My father was interned on the Isle of Man in 1939 at the Sefton Hotel because he was a German refugee. Once his papers had been cleared he was free to go back to the mainland. I keep meaning to visit the IOM. One day.....
ReplyDeleteGosh, your father would have had some interesting stories to tell about his time here. I would be more than happy to help with information or point you in the right direction.
DeleteIf you come over for a visit, bring your brolly and wellies!
And it rained
ReplyDeleteAgain.
Just now I rather think I like your climate. For one thing you can buy chocolate and it wont melt before you get home!
Today it would probably freeze! 🤣
DeleteYou got the overflow from the Vikings who stopped off and colonised the Hebrides.
ReplyDeleteI think ours came from Norway and were relatively peaceful, settling here amongst the Celtic population.
DeleteThose Vikings sound a better class than the rough and ready convicts and others who came here on the First Fleet!
ReplyDeleteSome of those were probably my family!
DeleteHow is your scalded hand today? Hope it has survived!
ReplyDeleteThanks Frances, it is much better today. Just a lovely shade of red!
DeleteIt was so generous of Lord Peregrine - to allow you to spend £2 on a charity shop cardigan. If you are extra nice to him, he may allow you to purchase some shoes - one of these days.
ReplyDeleteHe is very generous with his pocket money.
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