O/T John McGuinness breaks leg

[Keith]

Finished working a night shift.
Rode to the ferry.
Tried to kip on The King Orry (my favourite boat)
Failed to kip on the boat.
Rode to Scarborough.
Checked in to B&B.
Had shower.
Went out drinking until goodness knows when.

Following day, went to the races.

Lay down on the grass along the side of the start/finish line.
Rested my head looking through the gap in the fence.
Watched a race.
Fell asleep.

Don't know how many races I missed! Couldn't bloody sleep in a cabin on the ferry, but slept through motorbikes racing ten foot from my head!

Great racing over there. If the North West goes ahead, I may see about a holiday in Ireland. Although in a post Brexit world, Ireland may not be a great place to visit next year

[captain sparkle]

We had an amazing weekend at The East Coast Racing Festival (FKA Killalane) near Skerries, Ireland, last year.
Never seen Mrs Browns Boys (or probably ever will!) but I wholeheartedly implore you to watch it!( one of them lives on the course & they/he/she bankrolled it last year & would have again this year ).
Cracking atmosphere & great racing on narrow country lanes & the Irish Classic Superbike championship was wrapped up with Richard Ford (motorbike racer & racehorse trainer!) from Garstang becoming champion!
there's a couple of mins on this video to give you a flavour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ8Yf0b ... ainsparkle
& unlike other major events, you get to walk the track between races to get to different vantage points, but you have to be quick!!

[Sakhalin Shrimp]

Looks good captain

[Keith]

I went to the Ulster GP a few years ago and couldn't believe it when I saw people jump down on to the road and move to a different vantage point between races!

Obviously, by the end of the day, we were doing the same thing