Thursday, North to Laxey

There was a custom bike show on the promenade in Laxey today. It was OK, but the town of Laxey was pretty cool. It was a lead mining town and had this huge water wheel which was used to pump water to the mines to wash the ore.

Wednesday

Today I travelled the inner roads from one location to another. The majority of the traffic stays on the main road around the Island, which is also the race course. So when the race is on the only travel is on these iner roads or the outer roads. These roads are generally quiet and take you through a tranquil setting so far from the racing madness just a mile or so away.

Monday I made my way up to a tight corner as you climb the mountain from Ramsey in the North.









Sunday,Mad Sunday to all the revellers. I found myself in Peel for the festivities there. This is a small fishing town on the west coast.

Isle of Man 2007

While moving around the island which is about 32 miles long and about 20 miles wide and quite varied in terain, I found that using the inner roads were the best way to get from place toplace. The main roads and of course the racing course are pretty busy with the thousands of visitors, most on motorcycles. Once they close the roads for the racing moving around the island gets tricky. The inner roads are generally empty as the navagation is dificult due to the lack of signs at intersections. It does take you to some tranquill places far from any sign of motorcycles.


Hi Everyone;
The 100th anniversary of the Isle of Man TT is finally here. It is probably the biggest event I will cover in my 30 year career. I will be here for some of the practice and all of the races. Unfortunately the race images will be held back from the public until the publications have gotten all that they need. Eventually I will show you all the images. For the mean time I will be posting some of my pictures of the island for those of you who don't really care about the motorcycle racing. It's a beautiful place on it's own with lots of history. Enjoy the images. For all the racing stuff, go back to my website. I will try to keep you informed and entertained.