Splashdown
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In my opinion, there have to be exceptional circumstances for a bend to be renamed. The 26th milestone was renamed in memory of arguably the greatest rider ever seen on the TT course. I think if you asked the riders, they would prefer Ballaspur to remain as Ballaspur, and not Milky's. No offence to Milky, he's a mate, but you can't go on renaming corners. Now where would we start. Orritt's, Duke's, Hailwoods, Loughers, shall I go on?As for the DJ memorial, I hope there isn't one, purely to honour his grandfather's wishes, (Allan Jefferies), who used to bemoan the presence of memorials as he drove around the course. I can picture him now a good 40 years ago, commenting on the subject, " Before you know what, the course will be covered in memorials". It is a pretty poor advert for motorycling when someone drives round the course and sees one after another. Ironically my father opened the memorials to Les Graham, and Geoff Davison. Anyway, just my opinion, I bet not everyone agrees.
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