About the Author

John Grimson was born in Lowestoft in 1934. He spent his working life as a chartered engineer in various locations before moving to the Isle of Man in 1973. His prevous books include The North Sea Coasts of England and The Channel Coasts of England, as well as the final revised edition of the late E.H. Stenning's Portrait of the Isle of Man. He has worked with several of the island's local authorities and, on the sporting scene, was active as a long-distance runner and cyclist into his early seventies. He has also tramped far and wide over the island's varied landscapes and has been a keen student of affairs Manx. He now lives in retirement in Ramsey.