Thanks Ian,thats incredible ethusiasm and a great story.Can't claim anything like that as it was to Douglas on a freighter and back 12 days later on the Manx Maid,which had a loading arrangement like a fairground helter skelter. Fine untill the begger infront stoppped and you were left stationary on about a 1 in 4 gradient.What i do remember of 1966 was really good weather and chatting to a family who were there for a peacefull holiday,they had never seen a motorbike race in their life.
The husband told me that when they heard the races were on they almost cancelled their holiday as they imagined 2 weeks of bedlam.
However the event had made their holiday and they were thrilled by it and were booking to come back in June next year.
Which makes me think even now.Is there a much wider audiance that the TT could be sold to?, but then I guess now accomodation would be a problem unless they put some trailer parks in for peak season events.