Busy Day on the Isle-of-Man

[curiouswombat]

So - today was the first race day of the TT festival - the rest of this week has just been practice. I went down to church to drop off more carrot cake - only to find that there weren't enough people to keep the snack-bar open - so stayed to help - along with a lovely lady who is new to the congregation and had also only dropped in to drop off cake... three hours later we were still there. I hope we haven't frightened her off!

However, reinforcements arrived and I dashed home, well as much as it is possible to dash when some of the roads are closed so the others are crowded, just in time to pick up my camera and go down to the end of our road to see...




A man on a unicycle. Except that he wasn't really why all the crowds were there -



And finally, after three police cars, two buses, two police motorcyclists, and the man on the unicycle, we finally saw this...



Yes - the Olympic torch went through the village today! And it was lit, honestly.

D-d saw it in Douglas, as it was being handed to someone who carried it on a horse tram along part of the promenade. The flame also travelled by steam train, on the back of a motor-bike, by lifeboat, on the electric tram, and by bicycle - as well as on foot for short periods! I think we were going for some sort of variety record.

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There are only a few things that really are once in a lifetime event - and this was one of them.