A life on the ocean waves?…well almost…a boat ride to the Calf of Man on the Scraayl
Wednesday August 7th & Sunday 11th August - Cost £25 p.p. A full morning to wander around the beautiful Calf of Man bird sanctuary. Visit the Victorian Lighthouses, do a bit of bird watching, chat to the wardens or get a close up view of the seals and much more… Members only, numbers strictly limited, details to follow closer to the time
Your chance to ‘Bee’ up close to these fantastic little creatures with a visit to the Apiary at Glen Truan.
Wednesday 12th June & Sunday 16th June Hear all about the life cycle of the amazing honey bees while enjoying tea and cakes with the beekeepers
Walking Holiday to the Peak District 8th – 12th July 2024
Ken Harding, club member and qualified tour guide, has kindly put together a 4-day walking holiday for members of the group. This is a great way of getting away for a few day walking with everything perfectly organised for us. Book now to avoid disappointment.
Annual General Meeting 7pm Thursday 21st March 2024 at the Fairways Restaurant, Golf Club, Peel
A big 'Thank you' to all those members who attended the club AGM. The meeting went quite smoothly and 30 members enjoyed the delicious supper supplied by the Fairways Restaurant at Peel Golf Club, thank you Alex, well done.
First Aid Course Success
CONGRATULATIONS to the eleven members who successfully completed the St. John Ambulance First Aid Course. Everyone enjoyed the course which was presented with plenty of humour. We now have twenty-two qualified First Aiders in the club. And a big Thank You to Ian, the First Aid instructor, for making the course so interesting
Committee Meeting Minutes – January 2024
The January committee meeting minutes are now available to read in the Members section of the website.
Emergency location options and apps
Despite our best efforts of safety, being careful and looking out for each other, unfortunately on rare occasion, accidents and incidents do happen, when we are all out walking. In an emergency, a very quick dynamic assessment will deduce if we need to call the emergency services, here on the island that will connect us to the emergency joint control room and one of the vital initial pieces of information they require is ‘ What’s your location?’ A number questions now confront us and the quicker we reply with this information, the quicker the correct emergency services can be dispatched.Postcodes, road names, house numbers and a gird reference are all valid options, especially the latter, if the incident is in a remote location but new options of digital applications are now available and are used here on the island by our first response emergency teams. What3Words (been heavy publicised recently) is a downloadable