Quote:The smell of wild garlic at Bishopscourt, keeping a careful lookout for the tree with the big white 'K' painted on in Quarry Bends

Peter, you are not wrong about the Garlic although I used to notice it around Ginger Hall, especially on the early morning practises.

Is the K on the tree in Quarry Bends when it really was Bends? I can think of a Tree with a K painted on it now but it is out past the church around Glen Tramman area where the black and white painted kerb comes to meet you on the blind crest.

Personally I hated Ginger into Ramsey from a passengers point of view. There is really nothing that stands out down there as a landmark and it is so bumpy that it is tough to stay on. Ask any passenger, their is no passenger flair down there and it never looks pretty either. You just drawn breath for 90 seconds, don't blink and think of the good times ahead on the mountain.