Empress Hotel Douglas
Central Promenade Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 4RA, United Kingdom
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Leaving the Rock!
... I am going on holiday for a couple of days and will be back at work next week! Normally at this stage I am having sleepless nights stressing about the flight - but I haven't really done that this time round??? Strange???? Maybe it's because I'm excited and can't wait to start seeing new ...
Last minute details never take just minutes...
... and dad have been off Island on a swanky cruise (although I think the weather has not been great, which is a shame... think my Steam packet 'cruise' had the best weather) so I have had the house to myself. This is really just as well, as I have spread all my paperwork and stuff accross the living room floor and around the computer.
You would not believe the amount of fiddly last minute tying up of loose ends stuff there is to ...
Race Day!
... period aluminium frame, any brakes, any wheels, cut off date 31 December 1984. Standard frames, Standard fairing, any ignition, no airboxes. Any brakes. Cut off dates 1 January 1985 – 31 December 1991.
Both the Senior Post Classic and Junior Post Classic are being run concurrently meaning one race with 2 separate classes.
By 2011, the Senior Post Classic was renamed as the Classic Superbike ...
Trip to Isle of Man for Manx Grand Prix
... Although the Manx language does contain Norse influences, they are few. The Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles was created by Godred Crovan in 1079 after the Battle of Skyhill. During Viking times, the islands of ...
La locomotiva a vapore di Man
Altra giornata di trasporti vittoriani: qui sull’isola è come ritornare indietro nel tempo. Abbiamo raggiunto Port Erin sulla Manx Steam Railway, la ferrovia d’epoca meglio conservata al mondo. La locomotiva a vapore che ci ha trainati, sbuffando un fumo denso e profumato, sulle verdi colline della parte sud dell’isola, risale agli ultimi anni del diciannovesimo secolo. Persino le sei o sette stazioni in cui il treno si ferma sfoggiano arredi ...



