Clear blue skies greeted todays early arrivals at the last outpost of the TT Empire - and we were refreshed by a pot of delicious coffee, kindly provided by Mrs Lace of Gorse Lea House.

The Antrim Men and Mick from Spennithorne reached the post whilst Reginald Robert Berrie was rescuing some spectators from the rainforests to the south of the landmark known as "Joey's Bale". In his absence I took an urgent call on the wireless telephone. Briefly, he was to enlighten "Her Indoors" as to the location within their domestic refrigerator of this morning's delivery of fresh milk. Fortunately, R.R. solved this domestic crisis by return call, and tragedy was averted in Mrs Berrie's Port St Mary establishment. Needless to say, he was the target of some light-hearted banter for a time and, when it was suggested that his stomach must be churning, he claimed that we were "milking" the situation. My submission that "he was becoming a little cheesed off" was unexpectedly unwelcome.

The Vigilante Thrush was patrolling the kerbs on both sides of the road by the time David Jefferies came through, hotly pursued by Jim Moodie in this morning's Junior TT. Richard Britton, our hot tip in our Saturday Bulletin and obviously keen to make a second appearance on the podium, caused not a little anxiety to the Gorse Lea Marshals and Vigilante Thrush when he took a too-tight line to the inside of the curve and deposited a fine line of green fairing on the kerb. We were delighted to hear that Richard carried on to take 4th place.

I can report that Zebra Man is still roaming free.

Between races The Antrim Men and Mick from Spennithorne consumed generous helpings of fresh fish at Cronk Brec. The remaining marshals took light refreshment at the Harold Leece Shelter and rescued a young jackdaw from the course.

The Sidecar B Race had many exciting moments, with groups of up to 6 machines involved in close but safe encounters. Mick was particularly disappointed that Greg Lambert retired before reaching Gorse Lea.

In the practice session that followed, your correspondent spotted a camcorder-operator lurking in undergrowth in a prohibited area 200 metres towards Ballacraine. On a solo mission through the undergrowth, R.R. Berrie tracked and challenged 3 persons, persuading them to move to a safe vantage point. Back at the post we speculated that we may have disturbed an attempt to gather film footage of the Vigilante Thrush, or The Worm of Gorse Lea.

We closed the post when Mr Mylchreest had driven past.