The Senior TT is the jewel in the whole event and normally runs over 6 laps of the course (say 230 miles), but there were so many races affected by rain that it was reduced to 4 laps this time. A guy named Davey Todd won it, which made us happy as he had become our favourite. (Also a superbike rider on the circuits, but has come up the hard way without having the family money to “buy a ride”.) Michael Dunlop won 3 races which took him past his uncle Joey in the all-time winners list. No-one got themselves killed and the only reported arrests / fines were for trespassing on the course and flying a drone over the course. There is a youtube video of a couple of bikers doing 170mph down the mountain road, then getting stopped by the police - but the police were just having a laugh as they wanted to see their T-shirts!
This is a strange place.
We now have the wifi and fibre-optic installed, so , in theory, have a better connection, but I was quite impressed with the Manx Telecom mobile 4G system (except for the fact they have just tried to charge me for June when I took it back on the 31st May).
Jamie the freight man went to s-i-l Anne´s place to collect the suitcases which we had to leave to lighten the load on the initial flights over here, but unsure where they are now - a bit like the freight which should have reached Liverpool on the 5th June and thus may be over here any day now (especially now the TT has ended). It’s just the tools and IT bits I miss - I have settled comfortably into the jeans and sweatshirt uniform that seems to be the norm here, so do not really need the clothes!
Don’t think I have mentioned before that i have bought a bike. My knees are not good enought to do the sort of walking G likes, so thought a bike might be a good option. I decided to go for an electric one which gives you options on how much assistance it will give you.
First trial scared me to death when I got it in turbo-mode, which is bloody quick (well, too quick for me trying to remember how to ride a bike with dodgy knees - thus requiring a modified pedal action. I have avoided using it during the TT due to all the traffic, but intend to start going down to one or other of the bays at first light.
I should probably alert the hospitals in advance.
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