Saturday 9th June 2012

As the races hadn't gone ahead due to bad weather yesterday, they were supposed to take place today as the low cloud and threatening rain was forecast to clear. We decided to do a walk we had been talking about for a couple of weeks - to park in Laxey and walk up to the Snaefell Mines. If the weather did improve we could possibly walk up to the Bungalow to catch some racing. So, we headed off. It didn't look promising...

We carried on up the track but then, it started to drizzle. around the same time we heard a bird calling - Hen Harrier

As we carried on the rain got heavier. We got as far as the mines and took shelter in the old house whilst phoning a friend to get a road update. Latest was 3:30pm closure. We headed back to the car, at least now the wind was behind us, and had lunch on Laxey front.

We then headed to Ballaglass for a short walk and to see the beast in his summer coat