Doing a Lap

One of the things we definitely needed to do this trip was take a drive around the thirty seven and three quarter mile TT course.  '

Kirk Bradden – one of our favourite places to watch from.

This is the location of the opening scene of “Closer to the Edge” movie.

Stopping for fish and chips for lunch along the way, complete with mushy peas.

Heading up onto the mountain section.

It doesn’t take long to climb away from the sea.

Now they get to some fast sections.

See that line along the side of the hill.

The TT Course crosses the railway track.

While we are at “The Bungalow” we visited the memorial to Joey Dunlop.

There used to be a museum up here, but it is long gone.

Back down off the mountain.  The Creg-Ny-Baa pub is a great place to view the races.

I don’t think there is any fear of us breaking any speed records on the course.  The mountain section has no speed limit, as long as you drive safely.  Mick got up to about 80 miles per hour and that was terrifying.  Considering the record speed is nearly 132 miles per hour average speed for the lap, including through all the little villages, we were just crawling along. I think we’ll just stick to watching from the side of the road.