DAY 8

Ferry’s, trams and Cubs

Last night Matt Derbyshire of Ceritizit joined us for the last two days riding his 1962 Cub. This morning after a later breakfast the four set off for the ten mile run to the IOM Steam Packet berth beside the Liver Building on Liverpools dock road. Arriving in plenary of time after a leisurely wait we embarked on the Ferry.

 The dark cloud of accusation has settled over the trio, with outrageous claims of bias and inaccurate reporting of matters by the blogg master. Affronted Dee to counter these fanciful  outlandish claims has taken to Truth social media debunking these scurrilous allegations as nothing more than a political witch hunt motivated by democrat lies and Fake News. A massive wave of vocal support for Dee in the form of crowds chanting MAGA (Make Addison Great Again) has in true Trump style drowned out and overwhelmed these petty criticisms. Dee’s reputation and integrity as a fine impartial journalist is thus maintained.

Notwithstanding this debacle in the interests of accuracy Dee has realised a minor omission from the day 6 blog. That being that when the trio left the village of Littlehaven after the RNLI station tour a large category one climb out of the village was our first challenge. Halfway up this steep ascent Dee accidentally selected numeral on his steed, all forward momentum ceased and Buttercup stalled, Bowie rode past laughing. The only option for Dee was to free wheel back down the hill and start again, greeted at the summit by his two now watch tapping colleagues and assorted abusive comments.

The IOM ferry birthed at 1340 and the four quickly disembarked riding the mile or so to tonight’s digs on Douglas front.

A quick freshen up and the four set off for the Manx Electric Railway terminal Monkeys suggestion, not satisfied with six days bone shaking riding he felt rattling us all up in an antique train was helpful! At the railway head Matt treated us all to a round trip to Snaefell summit. At Laxy station the train was changed for the mountain climbing Snaefell Mountain Tramway, tea and scones at the Snaefell cafe then the reverse journey bring us to a promenade pub in Douglas for libations. Unfortunately on foot to the pub Monkey spied  a photograph in a shop window of a Spitfire, as yet personal recount has not occurred however Dee and Bowie are confident it will shortly surface.

Mileage covered today 12 miles.