DAY1 ,
I arrived at the isle of man with my son Lewis ( our first ever visit to the island ),we met up with Billy Boy and his crew ( great bunch of guy's ) .Then we were introduced to Bill's mum and partner ( very welcoming people ),we watched Bill set off on his first lap and the hairs on my arms were standing up - what an experience seeing these guy's in the flesh doing what most people can only dream of.
We watched the green light come up on Bill's number board to indicate he was a mile outside our grandstand position,He came past like a man on a mission ,(then we heard after a few minutes or so that he had broke down ) I WAS GUTTED FOR HIM. The end of the day came and back at the garage nothing showed as a fault as to why the bike had cutout on him .
Day 2 ,
Slick Bass put Bills bike on the dyno to see if the fault would occur which it did at the very last minute- turning out to be his battery - this was replaced and retested ok.Bike now sorted for Senior race on Friday.
Me and Lewis went around the circuit on my bike and i must say i now have even more respect than before for anyone who takes part in the races on the TT circuit, later that night we watched the races at PEEL BEACH and my son had his photo taken with JOHN McGUINESS, IAN HUTCHINSON AND DAVID KNIGHT many thanks to them.
DAY 3,
The race was postponed until an update at 4pm ( which i didn't hear as we had to leave to catch the ferry back home ),i heard from Bill later that it was cancelled,the weather being the culprit on the mountain TOO MISTY.
I really felt for Bill as it was gutting that he couldn't get out there ( as i knew he had to leave early Saturday morning to catch his ferry ).
MANY THANKS TO BILL,HIS MUM AND PARTNER FOR HAVING US STAY WITH THEM FOR OUR TIME ON THE ISLAND AND THE FOOD THEY GAVE US , I COULDN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH ,THEY MADE US FEEL VERY WELCOME.