1994 Sidecar A Race with Stan Cooper - Broke down at Ballacrye, left a note stuck to the bike sayng 'Gone to the Raven' and walked back to Ballaugh.

Had no money on us but seeing as I played pool for the Raven I was good for a beer or two.

Well, early afternoon turned to early evening, turned to late evening, turned to kicking out time and no sign of the team. When we bothered to ring them we were told the bike was in Douglas and 'What Note?'

Can't recall how we got back to Douglas but do recall phoning my dad at 2am for a lift back to Peel because I was too wasted for a Taxi.

We went back to the Raven on the Sunday to pay the bill....circa £70.00 and watched the postponed TT F1 from the front of Arthur and Sue Moores place just opposite the Raven with a terrible hangover.

Not sure that this is embarresing, just the day in the life of breaking down.

Now for a fee I can tell you about Geoff Bell and my exwife's boobs, Roy Tansley trying to ride a pushbike with his false leg missing or my dad going for a ride down the castletown bypass in a wheelchair, with a broken leg and no one pushing him.