Upon moving to the Island he became a Laxey Commissioner in 1974 before standing for the House of Keys as MHK for Garff in 1976.
Groudle Glen Station is the first mandatory stopping point and major station on the Manx Electric Railway which serves the village of Groudle Glen in the Isle of Man, and is situated between Groudle Lane and Eskadale on the route to Laxey and Ramsey.
Laxey have a clubhouse at their Glen Road home as well as a campsite which is available for use during the annual Isle of Man TT motorcycle racing.
The main station on the line is the interchange with the coastal line at Laxey and this is where all departures and arrivals occur; the only intermediate stopping place on the line is at the mid-way position where the line intersects the Snaefell Mountain Course used by the world famous T.T. races.