06.14.08

Glen Maye Waterfall

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I’m starting to see a pattern emerge with my blogging habits–every other day is a travelogue post. So since yesterday was a non-travelogue post, today I’ll continue with the IoM pics.

After visiting the Peel Castle, we headed off back down to Port St. Mary, but first stopping off at the Glen Maye Waterfall. This is definitely one of the main sites I wanted to visit because the Glen Maye Waterfall is where my friend’s ashes were spread about two years ago. It was one of his favorite places. The falls is located not far from the car park just down a couple flight of stairs. Here’s what it looks like walking down.

Then it takes another turn to the left. Just at the bottom of this pic is the upper bridge of the Glen Maye falls, which stretches over the top part of the falls. It’s the straight bridge just at the bottom of the steps.

When you get to the bridge over the falls, this is the view looking down farther to the lower bridge of the falls.

That’s me on the lower bridge dropping in my flower petals. Brian was sweet enough to man the camera while I ran around dropping my petals in the falls. I collected roses from my yard and saved them for this trip. Before I ran around, Brian stopped me and said a nice prayer. Here are some of my dried flowers and petals I dropped from the upper bridge.

Here’s a view of the upper bridge with the falls looking up from the lower bridge. This is the same angle shot of the postcard my friends’ parents sent to me of the falls only this time I’m in the shot on the bridge. I think it helps to give a visual of the size of the falls, which I didn’t realize from just looking at the postcard.

From the falls there is actually a footpath that leads out to the Irish sea. This is what part of the footpath looks like as you walk along.

The glen is absolutely gorgeous. I had to grab the camera from Brian and take a shot of him looking in the other direction.

Just looking at these pictures again makes me wish I could visit again. It’s another place that I wish I could just go to and sit and knit. It felt so relaxing and fresh. May was a really good time to go as the plants were so lush and the flowers were all in bloom. Absolutely breathtaking.

There were lots of these lining the pathway. It’s just lovely how God has made wild plants to grow. I remember marveling at the wild poppies in Turkey. The Isle of Man also has a beautiful array of wild plants that spring up on their own in their season. We took pics of some other plants that we saw about, but I think I’ll post those later. I’m so glad that I was finally able to visit this glen. I had looked at a picture of it many times, but wanted to know what it was like in real life. I wanted to feel and smell the air. I wanted to hear the sounds. I wanted to see what was around the falls. I thank God for this opportunity.
Marlakins

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