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Garden, and Mad Sunday.
4 Jun 2006 09:31 pmIt is Mad Sunday today. Nothing to do with mental illness, but the middle Sunday of TT, when there is no racing, and as the TT circuit is 37 miles of what are normally open roads, everyone and his dog goes out to 'do a lap' themselves. It is a see and be seen day, when the ten miles or so of the TT course which is the mountain road is made one way - the direction of racing, and you can go over it knowing that you won't meet anyone coming the other way. So people go out and ride like they are mad!
It has been dry, sunny, and about 18-19*C today - so there were an awful lot of bikes, and cars, and even bicycles! I kid you not! D-d and I were at Church, where my sister did the children's chat based on the idea of Make A Difference Sunday - or Monday, or Wednesday etc. As we came out we paused to look at all the bikes going past (The Manx are a simple folk - we are easily entertained!), and we saw two guys in the full lycra bit on racing bicycles in amongst the motorbikes! Sadly I didn't get the camera out until they were out of sight!
After Church we came home, and after watching the Moto GP (Motorbike racing) on TV, spent most of our afternoon in the peace and tranquillity of the back yard - avoiding the madness.
( Here be photos - of garden and bikes - not dial-up friendly! )
I also made a big pan of banana cake this afternoon for the Church TT teas tomorrow - over Friday evening and Saturday they sold about 200 pieces of home made cake, and are running low!
PS - if you want to see what the mountain road that they race over looks like - click on the webcam link in my sidebar, and pick the North or South-bound A10 options of the four together in the middle of the island. Catch it right on Monday, Wednesday or Friday and you might even spot a racing bike!
It has been dry, sunny, and about 18-19*C today - so there were an awful lot of bikes, and cars, and even bicycles! I kid you not! D-d and I were at Church, where my sister did the children's chat based on the idea of Make A Difference Sunday - or Monday, or Wednesday etc. As we came out we paused to look at all the bikes going past (The Manx are a simple folk - we are easily entertained!), and we saw two guys in the full lycra bit on racing bicycles in amongst the motorbikes! Sadly I didn't get the camera out until they were out of sight!
After Church we came home, and after watching the Moto GP (Motorbike racing) on TV, spent most of our afternoon in the peace and tranquillity of the back yard - avoiding the madness.
( Here be photos - of garden and bikes - not dial-up friendly! )I also made a big pan of banana cake this afternoon for the Church TT teas tomorrow - over Friday evening and Saturday they sold about 200 pieces of home made cake, and are running low!
PS - if you want to see what the mountain road that they race over looks like - click on the webcam link in my sidebar, and pick the North or South-bound A10 options of the four together in the middle of the island. Catch it right on Monday, Wednesday or Friday and you might even spot a racing bike!
