Absolutely! Plus, he's just received great recognition at Goodwood. Some boy. 🙂

@@Manxmann yeah seen it . Brilliant

They're great to watch. The club only allows max 18 outfits in any race on the Billown circuit.

Thank you, Luigi.I have quite a bit of the Southern 100 to upload still. Hope you enjoy it.

Yes, cancelled after waiting 2 hours for the hospitals decision.

Tell work you have covid. 😉

I recommend it. Mass starts, top riders, access to paddock, lots of great vantage points. Get planning your trip. 👍

Thank you, Terry.

Very chilled. Even a bit of fun sparring with his mate. 😉 I'll upload a short on their banter.

Thank you. There is live coverage of the racing on manxradio.com by selecting 1368am from 6pm to 9.30pm, our time, plus all day, Thursday this week. It's usually on tv about 3 weeks after the event, but don't know what channels yet. I'll let you know when I can.

Just an update on the tv showing of this years Southern 100 . Greenlight tells me it will be televised in 2 weeks around the end of July. It will be on ITV4 . However, if you download and install the itvX app and use a vpn connected to the UK, you can watch anywhere. Lots of tt videos on there too.

@@Manxmann Sensational, thanks for that

Thank you. I'm hoping the weather comes good again for Thursdays racing.

Thanks, Arnie. It's more accessible than the TT paddock, I feel. The friendly races. 😉

The Southern is run on the Billown Circuit, Castletown. A 4.25 mile circuit, so races can go ahead on wet rods as long as there is no standing water sitting around. It's a great event and to be honest I prefer the S100 to the TT as a spectator. As far as this years TT goes, I was disappointed with the schedule making it very intensive for competitors and the marshalls that were at their posts all day sometimes only to be told of postponements or cancellations. The bad weather couldn't be avoided, of course, but I think we need to go back to the old type of schedule where we had a mad Sunday without races, and other events in different areas to give some of the local cafes , restaurants, and businesses a slice of the cake. It was all just a mad rush.

Not tonight ( Tuesday), Derek. Fog, rain, darkness. Most had wets on the front and intermediates on the back, but I think it's wets all round for the last races. Still going very fast though. I hope to get out tomorrow ( Weds) and all day, Thursday.

@@Manxmann finger's crossed 🤞🤞🤞 good fast safe racing hopefully!!!!!! Thanks for the update/ videos

Manx Care is in a mess. Waiting lists keep getting extended. Letters are not getting sent out to patients. A hospital that can't cope with an emergency for possibly a handful of people is not a hospital.

The incident led to 2 riders being taken to hospital, while the other rider involved was unijured, and didn't require hospital treatment.

Thank you. 🙂

@@Manxmann 😁

Fingers and toes are crossed. 😉

You marshals had a tough time this year with the weather causing delays. Respect.

@@Manxmann problem is the drop off in numbers towards the end of the week as the younger ones need to get back to work on the Monday and the ferries get booked up . Something needs to be done to try and keep some places for them. Oldies like me have forgotten what work is!!!. We can potter back across when we fancy the following week.

The Southern is a great event. Very well organised, and the merch is much better and more affordable than what the TT offers.

Hi Arnie. Not sure what the yellow box with 10 quid shown is about. How did that happen?

@@Manxmann Hello Yiessr , Sorry for any confusion, I have tried a super thanx donation PayPal via Google or something, my wife said she has checked it , it is pending or something, I don't use a computer or send emails, hopefully you get the donation eventually, kind regards Arnie...

Thanks, Arnie. I've never received anything in that form. I appreciate your gesture, but I have my channel to share my thoughts and pass on useful info, plus some video of the racing on a good day to decent people like yourself and my subscribers and viewers. I will take a look in youtube studio to see if there's a message. I will let you know. Cheers.

Cheers, Derek. I'm hoping for good conditions for next week.

Thanks for the info, Clifford

It certainly brings back memories.

I always remember Roberts fatal accident at the Northwest, and the organisers tried to prevent Michael from taking part in a later race. But MD went out and won the race, dedicating the win to his dad. I shed a few tears that day.

Thanks for your comment. And of course, thanks for making the journey to feel the buzz, excitement, and atmosphere. Sorry for weather disuptions this year. It's the one thing we can't control.

​@@Manxmann thanks to anyone involved to make it posible. Without the Orange Army, police and Manx people in general, that will not be posible nowadays. Is simply amazing how well everything works. Thinking very seriously to become marshal...

A funny story from a first time marshal this year. ​@@botiduran344Marshalled at the TT this week, I’m not allowed to take photos of the races. Managed to wave one green flag. Was fire marshal another day, didn’t have a fire, was deputy fire marshal on a third day, the senior fire marshal wasn’t called into action, so neither was I. On days 4 and 5 I was tasked with picking up any crashed bits of motorcycles, no one crashed. Was desperate for Michael Dunlop to get his record breaking amount of wins, whilst I was on track, he didn’t, he managed it the day after I left. Can’t wait for next year. 😂

@@Manxmann except for the historic moment of Dunlop beating the record, the rest i guess are all good news and perfect situation for any marshal: enjoy as closer to the track as anybody can be, without living any dramatic situation. Good for him!

@@botiduran344 Agreed.

Michael could stop now, but I'm sure he won't.

@Manxmann That would be like asking politicians to not lie 🤥 Never going to happen

Michael was born 10th of April, 89, so, unlikely.

That whole era had many highs and lows. And they weren't very balanced at times.

Yes, a good Ballemena man left too soon at 24 years of age. 1986 was a disastrous racing season for the irish racers losing 5, or was it 6 riders.

Thank you, from an unusual sunny Isle of Man.

And the lap speeds keep climbing. There has to be a limit.

Real dedication, indeed.

That was amazing. Pulling them up from the sea, disassembling, cleaning and rebuilding. Dedication!!!!

They were lucky to retrieve the bikes as the sea is very deep to the west of the island , the east side is much shallower. Incredible, really.

Wonder if he still has it , now almost 40 years later.

Oh man … to have those glorious locks still would be amazing. Heck, I am just in my 50s and would kill for a luscious head of hair like that.

Almost 40 years and the Dunlop name still dominates much of the time.

@@Manxmann We’re lucky to have been about to see them all race, I’ve seen them all race and watched William and Michael come up, my young lad seen William and Michael race but he was born 5 months before the NW in 08 so he missed Joey and Robert, the youngest child has only seen Michael race so I’m delighted for all the times I was brought to Skerries and Killalane etc when I was a kid.

My first tt was when I was a 3-month-old baby lying in a pram while my mother, father, and sister provided tea and sandwiches from a marquee at Hillberry in 1952. Maybe Joey Dunlop was there too as we shared the same birth year.