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one small step to MAN

Having toured extensively around the Scottish islands in Hilary, our Hymer motorhome, my housemate Pearl and I decided that this trip, we’d visit an island that was a bit closer to home.

We had a couple of ferry port options to get to the Isle of Man and opted for Heysham – the new junction off the M6 made it an easy destination to reach from our home in North Wales.

After an uneventful crossing, which took about three hours, we booked into Glenlough Campsite in Union Mills, just outside Douglas, which is in an ideal position for exploring the island.

Glenlough is not staffed for much of the day, but the owners were there on our arrival to introduce us to the site.

We booked a hire car to pick up a couple of days later in Douglas, because we preferred to set

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