fir3vip3r
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off there tomorow till saturday, anyone been before? any places to reccomend? never been before! 
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deano87
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No, but the only ever birds I've met on holiday were from the Isle of Man 
Do the TT course.
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--DAN--
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Lovely place, been over for the TT.
I assume you're staying in Douglas? Take a trip down to the south of the island, some lovely little place on the coast.
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Mobby
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i might be way off but i met a group of lads from the isle of man at the bsb at oulton park and they were amazing, great laugh and total fun, top lads!!
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All Torque
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Am I right that theres no national speed limit?
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Mobby
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Am I right that theres no national speed limit?
i know theres a different law and police cars
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Tom
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Colours in douglas for loose birds
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--DAN--
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Am I right that theres no national speed limit?
No the limits are very similar to here, police are very easy going though from what I've seen. We saw them sat on the bonnet of their car at the bottom of the mountain watching spectators flying past at 120+, they were loving it.
[Edited on 04-08-2008 by --DAN--]
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fir3vip3r
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Lovely place, been over for the TT.
I assume you're staying in Douglas? Take a trip down to the south of the island, some lovely little place on the coast.
staying wherever lol, got the camping equipment sorted, and on the back of the bikes.
want some love to keep me warm in the night though
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Shelly
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I'm off there for a family wedding in October.
I have been a few times to watch rallying and I have family out there.
It's fairly quiet out there unless there is some event on like the TT, Manx GP or the rallying.
The two main places are Douglas and Ramsay, not much over the other side of the island. Plenty of hotels though, the Hilton is a casino. Nightlife is in Douglas.
They used to have no speed limit over the mountain road, which is part of the TT course, but I am not sure whether they have curbed it now though. My cousin took me out, 160mph passing a police car
Are you sailing or flying? The planes are like caravans with outside toilets, seriously scary!!
[Edited on 04-08-2008 by Shelly]
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fir3vip3r
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I'm off there for a family wedding in October.
I have been a few times to watch rallying and I have family out there.
It's fairly quiet out there unless there is some event on like the TT, Manx GP or the rallying.
The two main places are Douglas and Ramsay, not much over the other side of the island. Plenty of hotels though, the Hilton is a casino. Nightlife is in Douglas.
They used to have no speed limit over the mountain road, which is part of the TT course, but I am not sure whether they have curbed it now though. My cousin took me out, 160mph passing a police car
Are you sailing or flying? The planes are like caravans with outside toilets, seriously scary!!
[Edited on 04-08-2008 by Shelly]
catching the ferry tomorow morning. supposed to be a lovely place, looking forward to going
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Shelly
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Yeah I am going by ferry, from Heysham at 2.15am.... grrr @ night boat!
It is lovely, quiet, nice place to chill out, plenty of sea air. Think there is a race track up at Jurby, might be something on there whilst you are there, could check that out.
Like I said though, Douglas and Ramsay are the main two places. Castletown, Port Erin, Peel and Laxey are all fairly quiet. You can get the tram up to the top of the mountain from Laxey, thats certainly an experience!! 
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fir3vip3r
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Yeah I am going by ferry, from Heysham at 2.15am.... grrr @ night boat!
It is lovely, quiet, nice place to chill out, plenty of sea air. Think there is a race track up at Jurby, might be something on there whilst you are there, could check that out.
Like I said though, Douglas and Ramsay are the main two places. Castletown, Port Erin, Peel and Laxey are all fairly quiet. You can get the tram up to the top of the mountain from Laxey, thats certainly an experience!!
sounds like a nice place to go, were planning to do the full tt course naturally lol. i shall report back on saturday with pictures most probably lol
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Shelly
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have a look out for The Ascot Hotel and let me know what it's like!!
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fir3vip3r
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have a look out for The Ascot Hotel and let me know what it's like!!
will do, ill get some pictures if you like
got to be up at 4 tomorow morning
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Shelly
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thanks!
why 4am? where are you going from?
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fir3vip3r
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thanks!
why 4am? where are you going from?
north london 
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Shelly
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you sailing from Liverpool then? 11am boat?
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fir3vip3r
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you sailing from Liverpool then? 11am boat?
yep, its gonna be freezing on the way up there
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Shelly
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that's the better boat to go on! you'll be on the super seacat from there. I am going on the shitty boat... grrr!
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fir3vip3r
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that's the better boat to go on! you'll be on the super seacat from there. I am going on the shitty boat... grrr!
how longs the crossing? ive heard its usually rough?
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Shelly
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If it's rough the super seacat won't sail, but if it does will take you 2hrs 30 mins.
Usually gets a bit choppy when you are near to Douglas, even if it is calm.
It's slight to moderate at the moment, so shouldn't be too bad.
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i've got family there as well. i love it, awesome place. the crossing is usually a bit choppy, just get a seat near the middle of the boat and you'll be fine! we used to always go to peel for an ice cream and sit on the edge of the docks. good times. enjoy it!
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Tom
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The seacat is awesome  the hilton casino has 'colours' underneath which is a club which I mentioned before and it's dead easy to pull, as is paramount down the road. They have a go-kart circuit i think it's in a place called onken up the hill from douglas, not sure how good the karts would be though they were pretty poor when we went about 4 years ago but a laugh.
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The TT course takes you through a lot of towns 30mph speed limit. The mountain pass is terrific, take a de-tour just before the bridge -for spectators (few miles after Ramsey). It takes you down a gorgeous little valley.
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