Thanks for the response Paul , however still think there should be no charge made to park your car on Nobles Park which has been the case for many years as i park there regularly , on a normal practice evening i would pop up to granstand for 10 mins before going out on to circuit for a mooch about , now if i want to go there i have to pay £ 3 for privlege , i dont think so .
I dont think it is relevant who rents off who , at the end of the day it is all goverment departments wether DTL or Douglas Corparation or DTI it does not matter , the point is people have been allowed to park there for years free of charge & now they cant .
As for paying to get into grandstand that is not on either , i know of at least one family who walked away rather than pay £ 5 each to watch practice , our own organisation the Hailwood Foundation was 50% down on normal takings on Saturday evening if that is spread through all the traders up there there will be some unhappy people .
The last couple of years the organisers have been spreading the TT gospel locally through the schools etc , having the Paddock walkabouts , which have all been very positive , but now if you want to go around paddock you will have to pay to park your car first .
I thought the emphasis was on making the TT more user friendly to everyone , all this nonsense is a step backwards & i know of a lot of people who are very disgruntled by this carry on .