No kitty pics today unfortunately. I just got in and it's too late to try and chase the girls around with a camera. This evening instead, I went on a boat!

A bunch of us met up after work and climbed aboard the new IOM ferry boat to take a two hour sail around the island. I was excited since there could be pirates and seeing parts of the island you don't normally get to see would be pretty.

I tried getting some neat pictures, but the boat is fast and it was hard to stand still to get clear shots. Here are some highlights:

Nice shot of the town Laxey... at least I think it's Laxey? It kind of all looked the same.

I'm pretty sure this looks exactly like the thing in Goonies where they hold up the coin and it matches the hills in the water to the restaurant with the entrance to the underground cavern. Maybe we should go poking around there and find treasure! I shall pack a picnic lunch and we'll make a day of it!

I was hoping to see some pirates and possibly fight a notorious monster for a good drop... and save some Manx noobs and be a hero. I got excited when I saw this off in the distance. Unfortunately, they didn't attack us.

So, it was a nice evening and I was glad I went. A pirate attack would have made me feel like £18 well spent, but all in all it was a good night.

As I was walking to the car I took a couple nice night time shots of Douglas (the main city here) since I never have my camera when I'm there, let alone at night.

I think I'll write a letter to the Isle of Man government tomorrow telling them that Christmas has been over for 7 months and they should consider getting the ladder out and taking the decorations down. ;)