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Today I was like William Wordsworth after doing my bit for the Irish Red Cross - ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ - so to speak into Douglas for a little retail therapy and then drifted back to Peel via a call up West Baldwin to see if things were really so bad in the reservoir as ‘Popeye’ and the MUA are predicting.

Trevor Cowin is still banging on about leachate disposal into what the government euphemistically call ‘a closed sewer’ system. Anyway good for Trevor! (Link):

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=42693&headline=Leachate%20inves...

The Scots Gaelic Tongue has persisted in spite of the blow dealt by the vicious Education Act of 1872 that forbade the use of Scots Gaelic in the classroom.  This most recent strengthening of Gaelic Medium primary education ensures that the language will continue its recover from the persecution of the British government, typified by the Education Act of 1872.

I am perusing the Manx news courtesy of ‘the boys and girls on the Head’ online service. Paul Moulton of MTTV would love it it’s kind of ‘social media for adults’ without the nastiness.

As reverberations in Mann continue over the cancellation of Rally IOM and calls are made for Ministerial resignations, in Wales things are gearing up for the rally to be held there next month.

This striking video was recently posted on the ‘Wales Rally GB’ twitter feed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-EtezV3hKM

Image: On the slate mountain zip Snowdonia.

Twitter link:

https://twitter.com/WalesRallyGB

Bernard Moffatt

In 2017 "The Scotsman" published an article, linked below, highlighting an historical map of the Gaelic language in Scotland which, among other things, illustrates the effectiveness of the British governments persecution of the Gaelic tongue: “Published in 1895, the map which charts the prevalence of Gaelic speaking in Scotland, is the first of its kind. Produced by Edinburgh map company Bartholomew’s, the map contains information distilled from the first census, in 1881, that counted Gaelic speakers in Scotland.”

It's the Isle of Man film festival 2018 and Manx Radio have a promo item here:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/lights-camera-action/

There was also a Youtube interview on MTTV last week. The latter inspired me to have my own film festival so I forwent the delights of the local tavern on the weekend and watched an eclectic mix including ‘Hedd Wyn’, ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ and ‘The dawns here are quiet’ to name but a few.

SOCIAL MEDIA - IT’S NOT ALL ‘BAD’!

The Rally IOM fallout rumbles on with MTTV catching up with rally organiser John Gill. Gill seems laid back and answers all questions put by MTTVs Paul Moulton with ease. Gill is specific and goes into detail about timing, costs and other issues, His stance, which is non confrontational, is in stark contrast to the government interventions including the DHA Ministers outburst I likened to a car crash (no pun) yesterday.

The world-renowned three-day Rally Isle of Man was first held in 1963. Held on public roads, the car race is also part of the British Rally Championship. On Sunday, Rally Isle of Man said they had experienced "insurmountable delays" in securing the necessary road closure orders from the Manx government. This has resulted in the cancellation of the Manx event.

All's well that ends well that ends well. This was the case for Charlie the teddy bear. Charlie Bear, was discovered after fans departed the Electric Fields music festival, which was held in the grounds of Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfires and Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) in southwest Scotland at the weekend. Next to the bear was a book "The Wonderful Adventures of Charlie Bear - My Story." The organisers posted an appeal on social media and shortly afterwards the parent of the child who lost the bear and the book had contacted them.