I was up the grandstand prior to last nights practice & dont think i have ever in my life seen it so quiet , stood chatting to Martin Bulloch & his comment was we could be stood here in the middle of Feb ( aside from the cold ) , there was not a souls about , no buzz no atmosphere nothing .

The Granstand itself had when i left at quarter to six a mere habdful of people on the stands , very sad & not in the spirit of the TT that i was reared on at all .

Have spoken to many people & ther comments i have had have all been negative so far with the restricted areas , charges etc it seems that there is a hidden agenda here somewhere .

Spoke this morning to a cousin of mine who flagged at bottom of Barregarro for many years & like me is an ardent supporter of the TT who said he probably wont bother going to spectate anymore , he live in Kirk Micheal & would often walk to Bank car park , which yes is now restricted .

This situation is all very sad to me it is like watching an old friend going through his death throes .

The people up the top need to get there heads out of the sand & listen to what people are saying & either do something about it & very quickly or the whole thing will go under .

That is for sure .

At least the practice last night was very good on a positive note , however why on earth did they hold the main sidecar entrty back till 8 30 to let one newcomer out , surely the circumstances of last nights session would warrant letting them go first & set the newcomer off at the back of the field as it was they did not pass me at Hillberry till five to nine & got one lap in , if they went first they would have got two , but commonsense goes awry sometimes .