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Article: ISLAND HANDED 30 ACRES OF FOREST AS GIFT.
- Article from:
- Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)
- Article date:
- July 4, 2006
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IT is not every day that you're given 30 acres of forest as a gift.
But a chance encounter on the Isle of Man Walking Festival led to a descendent of Manx novelist Hall Caine presenting three quarters of her Greeba Castle estate to the Manx Government.
And forestry officers say the land will provide walkers with a 'gateway to the highlands'.
Gloria Rukeyser, who is the great-granddaughter of the flamboyant author of The Manxman, recalls climbing Greeba Mountain with her three young children on family holidays in the 1970s.
Now she hopes other families will be able to take the newly-restored track to the summit.
Mrs Rukeyser ...