23-Jul-2026
Our last Manx outing for a little while had to be to Peel, PT's birthplace and the home of the kipper. You can't go away from the Island for five whole weeks, without fortifying yourself with a last kipper bap...
Peel (or, more specifically, the House of Manannan) is also currently the host of a nice little art exhibition called Traces, organized by The Creative Network.
As the introductory text puts it, "Traces explores the tangible and intangible marks we leave upon the world, and those the world leaves upon us."
There was lots to enjoy:
I Am, by Stef Will
Miss Redpath, by Chris Killip. Such an expressive photograph...
Fenella's Petticoat, by Patricia A. Tutt. We both felt that if we were to buy one, this would be it
Strandline -- Found, by Linda Livesey
The Passages Shipwreck, by Samantha Carroll. We visited this beached and sinking boat in 2024. I think this is such a clever picture. What is left is now so small compared with its context
Dusk, by Vici Blackburn
Tracing Silence, by Bruno Cavellec
The Wedding, by Myra Gilbert. A very evocative assemblage
Drift and Root, by Colette Davies
Traces of Spring, by Janice Rotheroe. Interestingly 3D
Not part of the exhibition, but incontrovertibly cute:
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We've often seen guillemots in Peel, but today they were really out in force:
They're so puffin-like, with their dumpy bodies and bright red feet
Always out in force, needless to say, are the seagulls. It is Peel, after all... This seems to be a favourite bathing spot
You wouldn't want to tangle with this specimen of wildlife...
We're not totally sure what this guy is, apart from totally cute. Our best guess is a juvenile guillemot, but we stand to be corrected
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Aside from all this art and ornithology, Peel was its usual picturesque self:
Unfortunately, we're going to be away for the postponed Viking longboat races
We rounded off the day with another decadent treat from Traa dy Liooar, who really do everything well:
Ginger and dark chocolate tiffin... Indescribably yummy..
Just remind me why we're going away...?