Isle of Man Scooter Rally 2010

 
 
 
 
Just a few pics of last weekends trip to the Isle of Man for the Rally. 11 members from Chester went over on seven scoots.The meet @ Little Chef went according to plan ,the boat left on time for a calm crossing to Douglas in about 4hrs. We all booked in to the hotels then had a ride over to Peel as the sun was great to have evening meal in the Creek Inn .Back in time for a few pints before the night do in the Hilton .Barry Turner re-negotiated the price of the beer down to £2.50 pint from the normal Hilton price £3.50 ,good old Barry ! Saturday was another bright sunny day and everyone met at the TT grandstand for the ride round the TT course to the Sulby Glen Hotel who were really geared up for us with three Tables doing the full range of bacon /burgers /tea etc . Chester club decided to back track to Ramsey ,on to Maughold Head and Lighthouse, via an interesting track ,then on to Laxey to have alook at the famous wheel . A booze break was in order and the Shore Inn @ Old Laxey was only just down the road ,as they brew there own ale it would have been rude not to have called in ! Evening meal was in the Queens Head and all eleven of us sat down together for this one which was great after riding all day together . Rumours started to circulate that the boats on Sunday were being cancelled due to a coming storm ,some of us asked about staying over if necessary . Sunday dawned grey and windy and the scooters were left in the garage whilst we wandered round Douglas killing time and pestering the ferry staff to seeif we were actually going .About 2pm the wind dropped,sun came out and we were loaded on by 3.30 .All our lot made damm sure there scoots were lashed tight to the rails .The first hour out was rough,the boat tacking a good pounding,things in the galley falling over and car alarms going off all over the place ,some of our lot enjoyed it more than others but we were all glad to get into Liverpool and check the scoots were all ok . The ride home was uneventful and in the sunshine . Cracking weekend ,many thanks to Barry Turner and Debbie (soon to be Mrs T !)for organising it ,lets hope it made a load of dough for the charities . I've only put four photos on here ,Itook over thirty,if anyone wants to see the rest,email me and I will send them by Email. Dave