Andrew,Kerry,Greg and I decided to walk to Braddon Bridge for our first day of race viewing. We have watched from here before and like it because you always get a seat, there are clean toilets and you can purchase homemade goodies from the ladies of the church to keep you fed. As well as all this, the viewing is great - check out the photos!

We watched as John McGuiness rode passed on the Norton in a parade lap - he isn't racing because his broken leg has not healed well enough. While waiting for the racing to start we feasted on the goodies from the church - Andrew couldn't believe what he was getting for his money!

First race of the day was the Superbikes. Connor Cummins - the local Manx boy is bike 1 this year, a real honour so he was first to come passed us. The racing was fast and furious with Michael Dunlop being the winner after 6 laps, second was Connor Cummins and James Hillier was third.

Sidecars were next - the people who ride these are truly crazy! After the first lap the race was red flagged because one of the teams crashed but not too badly injured; the race had to be re-run later in the day. We hung around for the afternoon before catching the bus in to Douglas for some shopping and dinner.

Racing Day 2 was on Monday. Andrew and Kerry watched from the Main Grandstand area while Greg and I rode out to Ballacraine. We had excellent seats right on the edge of the brick wall as the bikes flew passed. We watched Superstock which was won by Peter Hickman - his first ever victory. He was followed home by Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison. In the Supersport race later, Michael Dunlop bagged his second win of the week shattering the lap record in the process.

Sadly, the racing claimed its second fatality of the TT fortnight. During practice week, Dan Kneen a local IOM resident died after crashing on the approach to Ramsey. In the Supersport race today, newcomer Adam Lyon crashed in his second race. Another rider, Steve Mercer was also badly injured in a collision with a car on the Mountain Course. The IOM TT is definitely not for the faint-hearted!

Race Day 3 and we decided to try a couple of different viewing points. Firstly we stopped at Ballaugh Bridge where the bikes come over a humped bridge and fly throught the air before touching down and riding on - amazing to watch. Greg didn't watch much of this Supersport race 2 as he was busy listening to NSW beat Queensland 22 - 12 in the first State of Origin. Kerrie had a front row view of the race which was won by Dean Harrison followed by Peter Hickman and James Hillier.

After the race we had morning tea in the church hall and then rode the back roads to Ramsey to watch the Lightweight race. Again we leaned on the fence right by the road to watch the bikes zoom by. This race was won by Michael Dunlop (his third win for the week so far) with Derek McGee second and Michael Rutter in third. With only a couple of qualifying laps to go we decided to go riding ourselves instead of just watching.

We followed the coast road through Laxey back to Douglas and then went south to visit Fairy Bridge. Superstition says that as you drive by you must greet the fairies. We decided to stop and say hello and check out the tokens left by people to gain the favour of the fairies. It is said that the first thing John McGuiness does when he arrives on the IOM is to visit Fairy Bridge!

Dinner tonight was at The Colby Glen Pub, a place we ate at many times on our 2011 visit.

Race Day 4 was spent back at Braddon Church. The crowd was not as large as on Saturday and we had seats quite close to the road. Two races today - Sidecars won again by the Birchill Brother, unbeatable this year. The last race of the TT is the Senior Superbike TT. This race was very close with Dean Harrison leading all the way until almost the end of the 6th lap where Peter Hickman took over the lead, third was Conor Cummins. Hickman set a new lap record of 135.452mph which now makes him the fastest ever road racer in the world. Australian Josh Brookes finished 5th on the Norton with an average speed of 131.745mph. 60 bikes started the race but only 40 finished - the other 20 withdrew but no one was hurt.

With racing over there is not much left for us to do except pack up ready for our departure on the ferry tomorrow back to Liverpool.

Will we be back again? We discussed this on our walk home today and didn't say no!