i agree with all that H2pots said things are changing over there and maybe not for the better , my first TT was in 1987 and even though the weather was dodgy the four of us mates had a great time , walking down the front in douglas it was quicker to walk on the road as the footpaths were full of bikes and at night off to the palace lido and sitting at the creg i watched a guy called Joey Dunlop, and the price of everything has gone up from travel accomodation food and beer and all the good spectating spots they want money for things will never be the same again