The practicalities of so much different weather at different points on the circuit makes racing in wet problematical at best. Wet in some places and dry in others makes tyre choice almost impossible. Even damp and wet conditions would destroy a wet tyre. The only way a wet tyre would work is if the whole circuit is wet and I'm not sure racing should be happening then anyway. These are racers and, yes, they could ride to conditions but they will be pushing the boundaries of those conditions to win and it will end in tears for someone.

Rain will always effect some outdoor sporting events. I have tickets to three cricket world cup matches this summer but I know that rain could effect them (or even cancel them) but it won't stop me attending cricket matches in the future. I stayed in a damp slightly leaky tent during practice week but that won't stop me coming back to the TT in the future. Ferry and camping costs alone equated to around £100 per hour of practice that we saw, but when the bikes were on track and we were trackside all the wet woes were forgotten. Remember this is a bad year at the TT but this would be roughly equivalent to the cost of a Premier League football match or a cricket test match. Wimbledon (I believe but have no experience of) can cost even more and that is weather dependent too.

It is disappointing if your holiday is ruined by the weather - but weather (long distance at least) is unpredictable, do you stop going on holiday?

I don't come to the TT every year (every other year is more likely) but it would take another year or two (in a row) like this year to make me consider if it was really worth it any more, and even then I would probably just not camp anymore. Until then I'll continue to come when I can. I do accept that it isn't cheap though and people could choose to spend their money in other ways instead. Perhaps it just won't be so busy in future (or contribute economically as much to the Island).