Getting about in the Isle of Man can be quite an experience as they have steam trains, horse drawn carriges and an old electric train system. Just reading the timetable can be a challenge in itself, with four timetables for the steam train and six timetables for the electric. If I was back as a teacher, I would use the information as an exercise, because different days have different tables. On the day we decided to travel to Ramsey from Douglas, timetables C and E were in operation, while if we had decided to travel the day before, it would of been just timetable C, and just timetable D the day after. 

We caught the horse drawn coach, to the start of the Electric railway and we just made it in time, to catch the train all the way to Ramsey. We were in first class on the way there which meant we had windows and plush seats. The carriges are from a time gone by and they are fantastic because of it, wood paneling and a conductor, to point out all the sights. We told him that we were particularly interested in Moorings, so he pointed out mooring in Laxey bay near the pier and the south east corner, even seeing them at speed allowed us to see exaclly where they were which is all useful information.