I was out on the course at May Hill on the ambulance today with Helen, so we left HQ first this morning. When we arrived on station, the first bit of good news was that the marshals had brought sweets ! After a few strawberry bon-bons, we had the bad news: racing had been delayed by 30 minutes with a start time of 11.15, due to rain elsewhere on the course.
After ½ hour we had another radio message that racing had been delayed for a further ½ hour due to hailstones on the course! Myself and Helen went down the road to post my postcards (which I had been carrying around in my bag for 2 days) and while we were there we had another message, that racing would now start at 12.45. We also went down to Ramsey Hospital to re-familiarise ourselves with the helicopter landing pad, in case we had to take a casualty there from the track.
At 12.30 the next message came that we would be now starting at 13.45. By this time I had done 3 crosswords and eaten the rest of the sweets, and we were getting a bit fed up with all the delays.
Racing eventually started at 14.00 and the race passed by without incident. We then had ½ hour before the electric bikes came round, so we went into Ramsey and bought an ice cream each- my second ever Manx ice cream!
In the sidecar race, there was a serious incident at Ballacobb, and the race was red flagged, as a sidecar had crashed and caught fire. The driver and passenger were both airlifted to hospital, along with a marshall. This put a dampener on the day, and the race and planned practice were abandoned, so we were stood down.
Day off tomorrow, and we are off in the minibus to visit some places around the island.
After ½ hour we had another radio message that racing had been delayed for a further ½ hour due to hailstones on the course! Myself and Helen went down the road to post my postcards (which I had been carrying around in my bag for 2 days) and while we were there we had another message, that racing would now start at 12.45. We also went down to Ramsey Hospital to re-familiarise ourselves with the helicopter landing pad, in case we had to take a casualty there from the track.
At 12.30 the next message came that we would be now starting at 13.45. By this time I had done 3 crosswords and eaten the rest of the sweets, and we were getting a bit fed up with all the delays.
Racing eventually started at 14.00 and the race passed by without incident. We then had ½ hour before the electric bikes came round, so we went into Ramsey and bought an ice cream each- my second ever Manx ice cream!
In the sidecar race, there was a serious incident at Ballacobb, and the race was red flagged, as a sidecar had crashed and caught fire. The driver and passenger were both airlifted to hospital, along with a marshall. This put a dampener on the day, and the race and planned practice were abandoned, so we were stood down.
Day off tomorrow, and we are off in the minibus to visit some places around the island.
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