Watched Thursday practice at Greeba castle and Appledene. Friday practice at Glen Helen 1, 2 and 3. Superbikes at bottom on barregarrow, sidecar 1 at bottom of barregarrow, supersport 1 at Appledene, Superstock at 11th milestone, zero tt and supersport 2 at mountain mile, sidecar 2 at a mixture of blackhut, veranda, Graham's memorial and the bungalow (wasn't particularly interested in the race so kept moving), Senior practice lap at hailwoods rise. Lightweight and senior at bottom of Barregarrow.

Stayed in a glorified garden shed near quarter bridge with an absolutely lovely family.

Had a breakfast fry at the sulby glen, lunch at the Crosby and shandys at the raven, ginger hall and creg na ba. Went karting at jurby, stock cars at onchan, parked at the bungalow and hiked up to the cafe and got the tram back down. Went to Monday and Wednesday prizegivings. Got ice cream and lay in the sun at peel castle. Watched the fireworks and felt throughly miserably getting on the boat home (especially as I'll miss next year if Northern Ireland qualify for Euro 2016 in France)