Although Gail had decided after Hilary's accident not to compete this year, I can reveal that the TT Course Licence issue would have prevented her from competing in any case. She had 'only' 5 signatures - the meeting that would have given her number 6 and a ticket to 'safety' was cancelled because of snow and gale force winds. We sent a letter to the ACU explaining the situation, but made the serious mistake of basing it on factual information and common sense - neither of which were ever likely to cut any ice with the ACU! I might post a copy of this letter sometime, just to show how laughably naive I am. Perhaps we should have done what I know some riders do, and send in false documents which are never checked properly and which invariably get approved without any problems. The entry for the 2007 MGP provided conclusive proof that the TT Course Licence in its current form is well on the way to killing the event, as we all knew it would.