Fly-In Beer Festivals

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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In article , Paul Sengupta
wrote:
In comparison, the Channel Islands are boring and pedestrian :-)

They have better weather. :-)

There's no such thing as bad weather. Only the wrong clothes :-)

(Having said that, I think we get a lot less fog than Jersey, and our
summers are definitely a more amenable temperature)

It was just a tongue in cheek comment! Crossing all that water by air
as opposed to 8 hours on a ferry seems like a good use of a plane.
I suppose the IoM would be a good use too.

Ok, let's see...

* We have vertical. The Channel Islands are all billiard tables.

Hmm. More difficult to walk/cycle around...

* We have three breweries and a distillery for a population of 78K.

Is the beer as cheap? 3 Breweries. Ok, that's one plus for an
overnight stay...

* Our population density is less than 1/3rd of Jersey's - much more open
space.

To build an airport? They have one on Jersey...

* We have gliders.

I can only fit in a Grob 103. In the back seat. Lasham has one,
not far from me...

* We have paragliding and hang-gliding too.

I'm scared of heights.

* We DON'T have Class A airspace all around us.

Not so relevant. You just tell them you're coming.

* We have three railways - two electric and one steam.

Ah. Worth seeing.

* We have the International Tin Bath races.

Um...

* We have an airshow and the Schnieder Cup air races every year. Any GA
pilot can take part in the Air Races. We might be getting Reno-style
pylon racing too (although I suspect the entries for that might be a bit
more limited :-))

http://www.jerseyairdisplay.org.uk/
http://www.flyalderney.com/airace.html#huntMonk
http://www.guernseyaeroclub.com/rally/

* We have the beautiful Calf Sound, where you can see seals at play
and the occasional basking shark.

Ahhh...

* You sometimes get to see the Northern Lights -
http://www.dylansmith.co.im/photogra...rora-dec-2003/

Blimey.

Of course, not to mention four road races - the TT festival, the Manx
GP, The Southern 100 and the Jurby South road race.

Petrol heads!

In comparison, the Channel Islands are boring and pedestrian :-)

They have German occupational military underground hospitals.

http://www.jersey.co.uk/attractions/ughospital/
http://www.occupied.guernsey.net/u_ground_hospital.htm

More stuff:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/about_...cupation.shtml

They also have castles, but I'd like to see those on the IoM.

I'll see if I can pencil it in this summer!

Paul

In article , Paul Sengupta wrote:
getting on and off islands
I suppose the IoM would be a good use too.

GA becomes very useful when you live on a reasonably small island.

* We have vertical. The Channel Islands are all billiard tables.

Hmm. More difficult to walk/cycle around...

I find cycling downhill very easy :-)

* We have three breweries and a distillery for a population of 78K.

Is the beer as cheap? 3 Breweries. Ok, that's one plus for an
overnight stay...

I dunno how much beer is in the CI, I've only been there once. But
Bushy's Oyster Stout knocks anything the Irish make into a cocked hat!

* Our population density is less than 1/3rd of Jersey's - much more open
space.

To build an airport? They have one on Jersey...

We have four! (Andreas, the glider club. Jurby, mainly used for
motorcycling, but where the airshow is, Mount Rule, a private grass
strip, and of course Ronaldsway).

* We have the International Tin Bath races.

Um...

Hey, they have world acclaim! (Some day, I want to build an aircraft
carrier tin bath and sink my opponents :-))

snipoccupation/snip
Yeah, I stayed in the Pomme d'Or hotel when I went to visit JerseyPost.
That was German HQ in the war. Interesting place.

They also have castles, but I'd like to see those on the IoM.

We have complete ones (Castle Rushen in Castletown) and somewhat
incomplete ones (Peel Castle). You can often catch a Shakespeare play at
Peel Castle. You just have to watch out for the seagulls! (Peel's got
quite a lot to visit - such as the House of Manannan which is a good day
out, and tells you a lot of the history).

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