~{nilheadimage~=143623~}
I'm amazed, all over again, by how beautiful this place is, and I think the only way to do it justice is with lots of pictures... Here's the first instalment:

~{nilimage~=143624~;dir~=H~;alt~=snow~;caption~=Views from Scarlett on the ~{purplepost~=1396~;text~=day it snowed~;target~=snowday~}~}
~{nilimage~=143625~;dir~=H~;alt~=bird~}
~{nilimage~=143627~;dir~=H~;alt~=coast~}
~{nilimage~=143628~;dir~=H~;alt~=bay~}
~{nilimage~=143630~;dir~=H~;alt~=blowhole~}
~{nilimage~=143722~;dir~=H~;alt~=pier~;caption~=Ramsey, on the ~{link~= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/24/russia-attacks-ukraine-news-vladimir-putin-zelenskiy-russian-invasion ~;text~=day Russia walked into Ukraine~;target~=ukraine~}... It was appropriately freezing that day, with a wicked wind. Just impossible to keep warm~}
~{nilimage~=143757~;dir~=H~;alt~=harbour1~;caption~=Ramsey harbour~}
~{nilimage~=143725~;dir~=H~;alt~=bridge~}
~{nilimage~=143759~;dir~=H~;alt~=harbour2~}
~{nilimage~=143766~;dir~=H~;alt~=harbour3~}
~{nilimage~=143767~;dir~=H~;alt~=harbour4~}
~{nilimage~=143760~;dir~=H~;alt~=beach~;caption~=So much sand...~}
~{nilimage~=143726~;dir~=H~;alt~=catshelter~}
~{nilimage~=143755~;dir~=H~;alt~=saddlehotel~;caption~=Ramsey boasts some very handsome buildings~}
~{nilimage~=143724~;dir~=V~;alt~=clocktower~}
~{nilimage~=143762~;dir~=H~;alt~=cornerhotel~}
~{nilimage~=143732~;dir~=V~;alt~=palmshadows~}
~{nilimage~=143733~;dir~=V~;alt~=shop~}
~{nilimage~=143734~;dir~=H~;alt~=mitrehotel~}
~{nilimage~=143763~;dir~=H~;alt~=mooraghlake~;caption~=The Mooragh Park, a rare but much favoured destination when I was a child~}
~{nilimage~=143765~;dir~=H~;alt~=robin~}
~{nilimage~=143731~;dir~=H~;alt~=palms~}
~{nilimage~=143769~;dir~=V~;alt~=oldballaugh1~;caption~=And finally, the adorable old church of ~{link~= http://wasleys.org.uk/eleanor/man/churchesandcrosses/churches/churches_one/ballaugh_old/index.html ~;text~=St Mary de Ballaugh~;target~=ballaugholdchurch~}~}
~{nilimage~=143770~;dir~=H~;alt~=churchyard~}
~{nilimage~=143771~;dir~=H~;alt~=view~}
~{nilimage~=143772~;dir~=V~;alt~=daffs~}