A Couple of Miles

The pace is picking up. I'm hitting the roads a couple of times a week in preparation for my Parish Walk debut. I'm classed as a veteran male,at my age! My main concern is how many scotch eggs will I need to fuel me round to Peel. Only time will tell.

All this means that I haven't really sampled the TT atmosphere so far. Not even sniffed a beer tent. All of this will change tomorrow. Planning a lunchtime trip to the Grandstand beer tent with a college. This is just a pre show warm up for the main event, the works TT BBQ on the roof of a prominent building situated across the road from Bushys Beer Tent . I'll probably be helped home later. Then for Sunday a newly introduced beer tent crawl. Grandstand, Outback (opp Villa Marina) and Bushys. Worked well last year so it's worth giving it a go again.

Out of Town

Head out of town yesterday, well from one town to another, to Castletown. Used the steam train to make the journey. Haven't been on that for years. Great views of various industrial areas leaving Douglas. Just what the heritage industry needs. Decamped from the train and headed straight to The Sidings. Good range of real ales in here and a very reasonable price. I was also astounded by the price of the food. £5.50 for a main. Fantastic value. Also hit The Ship and The Gluepot. Always liked it in there. They were serving Bass yesterday, the king of ales. Doesn't get any better than that. After that it was over to The Union which appears to have beened painted with the leftovers from the The Bridge in Douglas. A feast of crisps was served up to us in here. Very nice. A quick mosey over to Fusion followed.

Along with the usual shots. Happy days all round.

Sounders

My annual trip to The States is still months away however the internet is allowing somethings to be sorted in advance. Tickets have been purchased for the San Jose Earthquakes at the Seattle Sounders. I've been to matches in a few places and at all levels, including Luton and a strange stadium in Ramsey but I've never seen prematch like this. A pie and beer normally do me. Luckily I know a couple of pubs near the ground.