alf885 Wrote:Yeh, and seeing this fantasy through, can you imagine getting a shot of the farmer protesting by blocking the road with his horse and cart just before the off. I can see the headlines and the doom and gloom web posts.

"TT Under Threat".

I guess some things haven't changed, it's always been that way lol! alf

Talking of the past and how things never change, How about this, a few of you may already know about this and what year and who it was from your TTMA things.

'In writing of the marshalling of the TT Races, one must start with reminiscences. The TT has "evolved," and its present is a result of the changes that have occurred in the past. Of all the tasks undertaken by enthusiasts in the Isle of Man, none has been more arduous as that of the Marshals and the medical officers, who turn out every morning at unearthly hours, to ensure a minimum of accidents, or, if accidents do occur, then to ensure that injured riders are attended with the minimum of delay.

It is astonishing that an Island population can provide 400 marshals willing to be up before the summer (and autumn) sun, and in their places in time for the first riders to appear in the very deep, dark dawn, morning after morning, without reward, but with the maximum amount of criticism and with the certainty of blame if anything goes wrong. They are a merry set, whose only grouse is that it would be a much better thing for the races, and the riders, if more of the exalted officials would make a practice (as indeed is the case with the MGP) of being at the start each morning, to see the "human" side of the race and to appreciate the difficulties that must be present in organising on the practical side.'

Any ideas?