Groudle Glen with Maggie the Dog

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🇮🇲 Groudle Glen is one of the Isle of Man's best glens and runs from Onchan village to Groudle Beach. Join me as I take Maggie for a long walk through the glen

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00:00Refuses to swim.

00:15So this is a typical Isle of Man Glen, a dog.

00:34A few rope swings and things alongside, lots of different entrances into the Glen, like

00:48there.

00:53And it gets very muddy, especially because there's been rain in the last few days.

01:12This dog doesn't like to swim, so he doesn't go in the river.

01:20Along most of the route, there is very little housing.

01:50There's a housing estate along there somewhere, and above us there are a few posh houses.

01:58But this field is a bit less grassy.

02:05And this area is quite flooded, and the dog doesn't seem to like that.

02:15I've only seen a couple of other people.

02:25There's a dog.

02:26Hello.

02:27I've only seen a couple of other people.

02:37Here's a dog.

02:38Hello.

02:39And another little bridge.

02:40The dog likes to be on camera.

02:49This claim was a popular tourist attraction.

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03:12this claim was a popular tourist attraction in the days when there was mass tourism in the Isle of Man

03:27so yeah this footpath has mostly ended here

03:32Walnut trees fall in the years but two trees like this collapsed the last few days with heavy rain

03:42this part of the Glen opens into a more of a canyon

03:57let's see here

04:03another peculiarity of the Glen and all glens in the Isle of Man are these

04:10which are little houses and doors that people have built for the fairies

04:23many of these have been designed by children the dog's still wondering what I'm doing

04:27a little stick

04:43she won't bother it's too lazy come on

04:55the fairway viaduct carries the road bridge and the electric tram across the Glen

05:17the electric tram runs from Douglas about two kilometers to the south uh all the way up to

05:32Mamsey about uh 18 20 kilometers to the north

05:37the south and this area is often the starting point for many people as they can park nearby

05:57don't know how much further we're gonna walk

06:08so this part opens into a kind of

06:12narrow and deep water canyon

06:26keep going dog

06:30so this part is a bit busier

06:31so people can park their cars nearby because people can park their cars nearby or people can also take the tram

06:37nearby

06:43take the tram not their tram

06:47you can hear a tram now

06:51this waterfall is also one of the images

06:53have a grin

07:07maggie

07:08we're now not far i think from the seat

07:23the bandstands

07:28bandstands

07:40i don't remember this tree being down

07:43last week

07:44oh maybe i wasn't paying attention

07:58the railway station for the

08:00granola glen railway

08:03then i can call him

08:07is the name of the terminus station

08:10there's another station in riddle and then the final one is

08:13i don't know the name but it's where the

08:15it used to be an old zoo

08:19with sea lions and things

08:21this area is very swampy

08:31another feature of this glen

08:33i think we missed one of them are these wooden statues

08:43it can be very peaceful

09:04i see some parked cars ahead

09:07the main car park at the lower end of the glen

09:25nice muddy footpath

09:28we can continue walking

09:36which will take us along the

09:39bladenfreulen which is the

09:43um the way of the goal

09:46which the floor

09:55on the outside is

09:57heather

09:59gorse

10:01during the summer

10:04quite easily gets this fire

10:11there's the

10:12hc people there

10:18that's the

10:19intermediate railway station on the railway

10:24that's where he came

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