Ferry departure from Heysham to Douglas was at 11:45 so we arrived at the terminal the required 2 hours prior only to wait in line with all the other bikes. This was not a problem as there is always bikes to look at and people to talk to. Lined up behind us were Craig and Marg who we had met in Morecambe the night before. Chris, however was waving to us from the terminal as he would travel to Douglas on the next ferry leaving at 2:15, we arranged to meet him at t...

The week of racing began on Saturday the 4th June and continued until Friday the 10th June with the running of the Senior TT, the blue riband event of six laps for superbikes to complete the carnival. We tried to watch from varying locations such as the church yard at Braddan Bridge where Kerrie was interviewed on ITV4, from the main grandstand at the start/finish point, from an open road with sweeping bend location at Hillside and from the cemetery...

IOM Part 2 - They used to call Peter BEATTY the former Qld Premier, a media tart. He's got nothing on Kerrie. Since our arrival on the IOM she has rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous and to show she is not a snob she has also spoken with and had her photo taken with the not so famous as well. During week one practice, Craig DOYLE the front man for ITV4 the TV channel that covers the TT, wanders around the paddock and the track side and interviews visitors...

We headed to Billown not far from our digs and watched the Southern 100 races for classic bikes before making a bee line for grandstand at Douglas which is the start-finish line for all the TT races. The TT started in 1907 and the current Moutain Course was first used in 1911 so this is it's centenary year. The TT was part of the motorcycle GP circuit up until 1977 when a boycott, lead by 15 times World Champion Giacomo AGOSTINI due to safety concerns lead to i...

Sunday 30.05.2011 - We found our way to Heysham and queued with all the other bikers awaiting boarding onto the ferry that would take us to Douglas, the capital city of the Isle of Man. The Isle would be our home for the next two weeks while we watched the world's most famous road race – the Tourist Trophy or the TT as its better known. After waiting for nearly two hours we were finally given the green flag to board the ferry. It didn’t matter to ...