I was delighted to learn recently that the Ascot Hotel, run by the Mackey family pictured below, had won this year's Hotel of the Year Award.
http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/51535/tourism-awards-2012-winners-announced
I can only imagine the work and stresses that come with the territory of running a family hotel in recent years - and only the fittest have survived.
Dave is a Parish Walk finisher and Kerry is possibly the most liked follower of the Parish Walk Facebook page! She has also been involved in athletics for longer than I can research tonight.
We are all only as good as our parents made us and I know that they will be wishing they were all with them as they celebrate their awards.
Are we all the same with awards though? If its us, or someone we know, we are proud, but when we read about some, such as the best financial services company more than two streets away from another selling something that only they have heard of, or nobody else entered, we are a bit dismissive.
Have you ever heard a press release about an award that doesn't include the word "prestigious"?
The most amazing one I heard of recently related to this piece of rural vandalism near Kirk Michael:
It can be seen for miles around and is an absolute blot on the countryside. Its not even got the excuse of being someone's dream house. It was built purely on spec.
I have some fond memories as a boy riding a bike up the lane from Glen Whyllin to Barregarrow on which it stands. Its a narrow lane, as my late uncle discovered when he was young and got his horse an cart stuck! There are some things I would like to take a horse and cart to.
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