Saturday
3.6.2017
15.24km Total: 36.95km
When the alarm goes of 5.45AM I have a migraine that feels like my head is going to explode.
Heading out on the mountain stage with the rest of the gang is completely out of the question.
Today I'll just take my meds, rest and try to get my head back in the game.
I doze of from time to time and feel at least a bit better around noon.
It still hurts a bit and I feel a bit groggy still so I opt out from todays training session completely, bikes zooming past in 200km/h and 150db isn't really what my head needs right now.
Instead I go down to the promenade to remedy a mistake, I forgot to bring a jacket along on the trip.
The need for a wind and preferably also waterproof jacket arose pretty much the minute we sat foot on the isle, the weather is far from optimal.
By the end of last nights training at Bray Hill I froze so much my teeth where clattering.
After browsing through most of the stores I stumbled on a hotel with a bikers special with a steak with fries and a beer for £12.95 which by TT standards is a real bargain.
Since I don't mind walking and had all the time in the world I think I can safely say that I looked at every single merch jacket in Douglas so I choose after pretty careful deliberation.
I celebrate my find with a Guinness (ok, I'm tempting my luck a bit with the migraine but you only live once) at the Quids Inn.
A pub with a one pound entry fee was a bit strange but well inside the prices where a lot cheaper than elsewhere I'd seen so I guess this is a place of more quantity than quality?
My Guinness cost £2.70 which is cheap anywhere but especially here on the Isle.
After that I head back to the homestay where Nisse is back from todays excursions with the rest of the group.
None of us are particularly up for any more adventures today so we settle for the classic Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels on my laptop
A grand bricked up gate on Swizerland Road. I wonder what it was once the entrance to as there is only woods behind it now.