Never liked Church Bends myself, Fitz! I raced in Scotland and at the Southern100. That was my ambition and my reason for starting to race, rather later than most. . I did two S100s in 1991 and 1992, and have often said that, if I was stuck in "Groundhog Day", it would be my first race at the Southern!
I enjoyed every minute of my racing, but never had any ambition to do the TT. I'm too lazy, and would have whacked Willie Stewart, my main driver, on the back as we approached Rosie's to stop for a pint!
Willie is coming across for Christmas this year, so I guess we will have a few walks on the Billown course, and few reminiscences. Both of us value the wonderful friends we made who are still just as important now as they were then. There is no sport like motorcycle racing, and no class like the sidecars... that's REAL CLASS!