IoM TT - where to watch?
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Hopefully a little more focused suggestions than 'The Isle of Man'!
Taking my Dad over for 4 days (9-12th) for his 70th, he's a big bike fan (I was dragged round all the UK circuits from 18mth until 16yrs old to watch the bikes many years ago)
We're staying with a friend of mine up near 'The Cronk' but will obviously be moving around a bit.. any suggestions on best vantage points?
Taking my Dad over for 4 days (9-12th) for his 70th, he's a big bike fan (I was dragged round all the UK circuits from 18mth until 16yrs old to watch the bikes many years ago)
We're staying with a friend of mine up near 'The Cronk' but will obviously be moving around a bit.. any suggestions on best vantage points?
If youre in douglas then grandstand, bray hill (at the bottom) and quarterbridge.
Going further afield then I like ginger hall and sulby.
My favourite is sat on the banking at Creg ny baa or brandish for the shear speed. Plan at being at the the creg for the day though as its a bit of a faff getting out not using the circuit
Going further afield then I like ginger hall and sulby.
My favourite is sat on the banking at Creg ny baa or brandish for the shear speed. Plan at being at the the creg for the day though as its a bit of a faff getting out not using the circuit
You have to plan it right, then you can get to a few different places each day. Bear in mind that they will close the road for the day, which means you can't drive across. If you can get yourself a couple of different routes planned, you can jump from place to place using back roads, but it's not easy.
I'd deffo go for Bray Hill, get as close as you can to the bottom, as long as you can get a clear view of the bikes coming down the hill. It'll blow your mind how fast they come down there.
I'd deffo go for Bray Hill, get as close as you can to the bottom, as long as you can get a clear view of the bikes coming down the hill. It'll blow your mind how fast they come down there.
The places mentioned above are all good, I always liked Creg n Baa and Ginger Hall as both have bars for refreshments, we used to watch at Ginger Hall in the morning, ride up to Tholt e Wil (spelling?) for lunch then carry on to The Bungalow for the afternoon race.
Bottom of Brae Hill is impressive and if you are on the outside you have a lot of scope if you want to move on somewhere else, like Quarter Bridge ( there is a theme building here, there is a pub at Quarter Bridge) further round the circuit, and accessible on the outside is Braddan Bridge, decent watching spot and the church used to do food and drink at reasonable prices, and a little further is Union Mills, where the pub used to do some fine real ales direct from the cask. From the inside at Brae hill you can get to Hillberry, very fast corner or the inside at Union Mills.
The most impressive part of the circuit for me though is between Ballacraine and Kirkmichael, baregarrow in particular is very impressive, you will see bikes cranked over with both wheels off the ground, bloody scarey.
But wherever you watch I am sure you will have a great time, it is many years since i have been and some of the refreshment stops I mentioned could be gone now, but I need to go back sometime soon.
Bottom of Brae Hill is impressive and if you are on the outside you have a lot of scope if you want to move on somewhere else, like Quarter Bridge ( there is a theme building here, there is a pub at Quarter Bridge) further round the circuit, and accessible on the outside is Braddan Bridge, decent watching spot and the church used to do food and drink at reasonable prices, and a little further is Union Mills, where the pub used to do some fine real ales direct from the cask. From the inside at Brae hill you can get to Hillberry, very fast corner or the inside at Union Mills.
The most impressive part of the circuit for me though is between Ballacraine and Kirkmichael, baregarrow in particular is very impressive, you will see bikes cranked over with both wheels off the ground, bloody scarey.
But wherever you watch I am sure you will have a great time, it is many years since i have been and some of the refreshment stops I mentioned could be gone now, but I need to go back sometime soon.
jonnylayze said:
For those not lucky enough to be going to see it live, are there any highlights programmes on TV this year?
ITV 4. http://www.itv.com/Sport/IsleofManTT/default.html
Edited by gareth_r on Monday 1st June 18:53
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