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Hi Folks.  Just a few words and picks about the Southern.

 

 

Check John’s knee almost on the ground.  Think you might need kneesliders for Christmas…

 

This was perhaps and artificial good start.  Although the bike looks like it is ‘Salt’, it isn’t.

 

If you look at the rear. You will see ‘Vinegar’s’ bottom.  This is Vinegar in Salt’s clothing.  Cross-dressing, as it were!!

Poor old Salt is in pieces in the garage.  He is having therapy with Dave Stephenson as we speak.

Things started ok.  John came 7^th in his class in the first race and beat, Mike (beaten by a girlie in the manx last year)  Mimms.  He came 15^th over all…whoo. Not bad on a cross-dressing standard bike.

 

The conditions were damp and John was on full wets.  There had been a downpoor just before the race but the roads were drying out and it left little time to change tyres

 

 

It was Mike’s first time at the Southern.  Don’t think he liked it in the wet either.

We expect great things at the Manx, Carolin Sells has retired. 

Then John decided his clutch was on the way out and he was going to change it. Joe and John changed it but couldn’t get it to work!!  A friend Chris, a mechanic for Padgetts Suzuki, came over the next day and they spent several hours mending it.

Into the night in fact!

 

 

 

The sun went down over the campsite

 

 

 

 

It was midnight before we got to bed.

 

 

 

John managed the warm up lap of the race and had to retire just before Cross fourways on the first lap.  All that effort!!

 

Then to add insult to injury, they forgot to give John his plaque at the presentation.

Thanks Southern 100.  He had to wait in the pouring rain for over an hour for one of the committee members to shove it in his hand.

 

Roll on the Manx GP.

 

We celebrated anyway, refusing to let anything get us down.

 

 

We had our mates over from the old country to celebrate with.  The Thompsons, from Scunthorpe.

 

All wearing the John Batty supporter’s club new t-shirts.  The Blue Nose racers are on the back. Available to be purchased at £15 ea.  Child sizes available too.

Support your local club.

Everyone thought Alex was the rider.  We think they got him mixed up with Micheal Dunlop.

 

 

Will the real John Batty please stand up.

(He’s the one on the right as you look at the pic)

Not sure who the other two are?

 

 

We defrocked Chris and intiated him into the John Batty team.

 

 

He seamed quite pleased with the idea.

They have giant pints in castletown.