Ok part 2 of my youth, after going to a few scambles its time to find out were the IOM is so we decide to catch the midnight ferry to the Island. Well when we arrived at Steam packet i couldnt believe what i saw thousands of m/bike fans and bikes i had allready got the bug which was to hit me for the next fourty or so years. On board the boat which was packed to capacity were men trying to sleep even on top deck in the rain with stormcoats and barbour suits but all going with one thing in mind would Surtees do the double? Ok about 6am we catch our first glimpse of the IOM and there was a great big banner which read Motor Cycling Magazine we were there. We got off the boat and walked along to get some breakfast but i had never seen so many bikes in my life BMW'S Gold Star's and Velos great. We get some food at last a wee cafe up Broadway and as we have a long time before the race we have a trip around the TT circuit bloody hell what a place Germans in leathers and Goldie's everywere i cant wait for the race to start? Now we get back to the prom and decide to go up this TT circuit, what happened next was a works MV with a mechanic on board went past us the noise was music.I must add that Douglas was misty and it was drizzling but we are exited this place is a kind of Magic in spite of the murky weather. Now we wait and wait for the race but the man on the tannoy says ' the senior tt is cancelled because if fog on the mountain' so thats it back home to the boat by now knackered and fed up but vowed to return to the MGP the same year 59 but thats my next part of my profile?