Mount Murray And Country Club Douglas

Apologies. We won't be counting this as part of our total mileage but I just wanted to see what the red line looked like on the tour map. Back to the UK and the Isle of Man for the goldfish handover to Malcolm and Isobel and my interview. Castletown reminds me of Scottish northeast towns (buildings, links, seagulls). However, there are a lot more South Africans here than ...

After staying up until about 11:30 last night packing it was time for bed...but not for long, as I was catching the ferry which left at the slighty-too-early 3:30am. Desperate to not repeat my late ferry check in antics, I had to get a taxi at 2:15am, meaning that my nights sleep came to not much more than 2 hours. Excellent.<br><br>I was happy to arrive at the terminal on time, and once on the boat I attempted to get more sleep, but didn't have much luck. I did ...

... UK were incredible, particularly as the weather was so nice and as it was later on in the evening.<br>Apparently the Mountain Road section of the track was closed 5 or 6 times the other day when open to the public, due to crashes...and it doesn't really surprise me when you see how some of the people ride around the roads here - they just go nuts! On the lap of the track, we saw a few cases of people driving ridiculously, such as overtaking all the way over the other ...

... It was a historic race win for Michael Dunlop, who's uncle was the most successful IoM TT racer in history, and who's father is also a past winner.<br><br>Later in the afternoon I watched the start of the sidecar race from Quarterbridge, about a 20 minute walk from where I was staying. The race was cut short however, as on the opening lap one of the sidecars crashed on a pretty fast part of the track. At first it was a worrying time, as the race was red flagged, and it was some time ...

This morning I caught the bus to Ramsey, to watch the racing. The double decker went along a scenic drive, with some great views out over the coast, and through Laxey; home of the worlds largest functioning water wheel.<br><br>In Ramsey I made my way to Parliament Square...who's name was a tad confusing as I didn't see anything resembling parliament or a square...<br>The corner I watched the ...

Today it was over to the Isle of Man for the Tourist Trophy races, something which I've wanted to go to for a long time.<br><br>I began with an early-ish morning, then beginning the drive up to Heysham, a bit north of Liverpool, where I was to catch the Ferry. Mum and Nan were off to spend a few nights up north somewhere (which ended up being at Morecambe) and dropped me off at Heysham on ...

... a company based in Portugal which organise trips specifically for warm weather training for athletics, who said for information on 2010 bookings, check back in April. I have also e-mailed the Kenyan National Park in Nairobi inquiring about volunteer work, but I'm yet to hear back from them. Well thats all I've got so far, I'll update whenever something new happens, probably not much likely to be happening over the next few months though

... and good conversation. I even discovered a new, and very cool, instrument called the 'hang'. This rare and hard-to-obtain instrument is like a steel drum (shaped like two woks stuck together) and makes a sound I'd never heard before! Everyone was so friendly and inclusive, it felt like I was just hanging out with my friends. :) Luckily for us, Sunday brought a beautiful sunny day. I had given Katie some Canadian maple syrup to thank her for letting me stay ...

L'ile du Man, mon troisieme voyage dans cette petite place! Comme j'ai pratiquement tout vu ce qu'il y a a voir a l'ile du Man, nous avons profite de notre sejour chez les parents de Hamish pour surtout marcher. Une journee nous avons pris l'autobus pour aller visiter un village pittoresque (Gregneash a la genre village d'antan de Drummonville). Sinon, temps de rattraper le temps perdu avec les amis de H, passer du temps avec sa mere... et ouf ...

... through the floor of the derelict building onto her! She is now the centrepiece of the museum - we loved the visit! Here is a URL for those who may be interested :- http://www.castletown.org.im/heritage/n autical_museum.html We then spent an equally fascinating couple of hours in the castle at Castletown. Castle Rushen is the best preserved medieval castle in Britain. As ...