In reply to J1234:
> Not actually such a daft reply, hadn`t thought about IOM, any idea how much for a foot passenger and whats the deal on Wild Camping, do they birch you if you get caught.
Foot passenger fares are £15-20 each way/pp usually, just check for special offers. Cars are expensive on the boat in summer but cheap at the moment.
It's too big to walk around (unless you super keen!) but a combination of bus/train/walking would do just fine if you weren't pushed for time.
Not sure what the legal position is but so long as you weren't camped on one of the town beaches there'd be no-one around to bother you. There are beaches only accessible by cliff paths and boat, some close to towns/pubs, some quite remote.
The whole north of the Island (from Kirk Micheal in the west to Ramsey in the east) is one long beach, some sand, some shingle. Tents are banned (but camper vans arent - WTF!) in the Ayres nature reserve NE coast, that's the only area where you might get some bother.
The south of the Island is rocky and has hundreds of little coves. From airport up to Ramsey the east coast has loads of little secluded beaches, some nice, some not (plastic bottles and wrack mostly). The west coast is much the same from Glen Maye to Kirk Micheal. Access to some of these is quite tricky with steep cliffs and tide problems.
In the south There's Bradda and Fleshwick (nr Port Erin), on the back of Bradda there's disused mines which are spectacular. There's also bouldering (mat needed) but the tide is an issue.
To avoid bother, just try to steer clear of the twitchers/national heritage areas
jk
