Santa run

This is a relatively calm time of year for us (normally, knock on wood), but we have our share of bad stuff too, so I can feel for my friends on the other side of the pond.

Glad no one was hurt in that bridge collapse. I'm more afraid of falling off into the ocean when I'm taking the Laxey road. Particularly in a double-decker!

Am having trouble with the wonder whap again , gone to a new provider on fiber go faster and still getting set up , hope we have done the right thing , had an Email from Timbs the other day saying he isn't going to the TT in 2016 but going to the Ulster GP in August instead , he did say when I saw him at this years TT that he would pop on here and say hello but he never turned up , He was having trouble with his shoulder but not sure how that has turned out

We only dream of this "fiber" thing in my burg. Vaguely thinking of a TT, "classic" TT or other such thing in the next few years now that things are settling down a bit.

We are lucky over here with the racing thing we have that much that close to us , often it used to be for us especially when I was still working was time clashes and only having so much hol entitlement to fit it all in , but since retiring we have had a good time , and are still planing going to places we could not fit in before we still have a list of bike race events we want to go to , live the dream some one told us did they realize how much of a dreamer I am ??? Lol

Boy! The videos of that flooding are hard to watch. All that destruction and nothing you could do to stop it. Makes me even more grateful for what I have. And it makes you more mindful of what you could loose and what is important. You must have even more pangs of bad memories Smilo!
We had a bad wind day on the beach and it turned from this



to this



in two days.
We would have substantial damage around the house and outbuildings if it got to hurricane force with a direct hit. We've had a few close calls, but we were just lucky.
I guess a little snow-storm every once in a while is no great problem!



When it inevitably happens again this winter, I'll just cocoon with my little buddy and ride it out!