The royal WEE—K End

Last night the caravans arrived in their droves as the site filled up for the royal wedding weekend. A caravan club had arrived complete with marquee, flashing lights and bunting. Not to be out done, the owner added yet more union jacks to the site and trimmed all the grass. So to enter into the spirit of the royal occasion, down came our Help the Hero’s flag which was replaced with the cross of St George surmounted by the Welsh Dragon.

The owner’s son Graham is a really nice guy with a very dry sense of humour. After he’d replaced the flags I asked him what else they were doing to celebrate the day, he replied that they would be supplying Royal tea from the tea rooms. I asked what the difference was with normal tea and he replied none, but we charge 20p more pre cup.

The TV this morning is full of all the very minute details of the wedding to the point where I’m expecting a reporter to ask the road sweeper in the Mall if he was a personal friend of the couple!!!! 

We said goodbye to a young family we had got to know, they were one of the super bikes team (Team SGR Racing) as they left for a racing event nearby. Steve Kinghorn a nice Geordie boy with his wife and daughter Georgina who rescued an elderly chap from disaster last night as the driver tried in vain to reverse his caravan into its position. He jumped into the driving seat and in one swift movement had it straight into position.

Steve's drivers

Chrissy Rousse and Karl Corbett
with TT legend John McGuinness

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