On Thursday morning I did another lap of the course to pick out some vantage spots where I hoped to watch the races. My first choice was the entrance to Braddan Bridge, up on the cliff, so I pencilled this in for Mondays races.

After my lap, I visited Manx Radio and got an appointment to "appear" on Dan Davies morning programme for a half hour session.

This in the diary I made another run along the prom in time to see a change of horse....

On Practice week Thursday, the practice is held in the afternoon so I drove up to Parliament Square in Ramsey to see the solos.