When Fred Clarke did the commentary from Ramsey he used to walk round the paddock gathering information on riders. I suppose he need someting to fill time or a witty remark to make about a back marker while waiting for a front runner to arrive.

Anyway he got talking to my mate Ronnie and he discovered that Ronnies dad was a butcher..........I think it was the Thursday afternoon practise that Fred was on air when Ronnie went past and Fred called him the Butchers boy from Belfast and wondered if he was delivering sausgaes...........................

Next day Ronnie stopped at Ramsey and delivered some sausgaes to Fred.

Also one year at the TT Ronnie had terrible practise problems he seemed to stop somewhere every night..........but on 3 occasions when he stopped all different places the same female German marshal was there. And every time she had a bottle of Schnaps for him........
It got to be a standing joke that Ronnie was doing it deliberatly........However that marshall visited us in the paddock and Ronnies wife was not impressed................
The marshall was a looker......and the joke was no more