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Get Routed has put together an itinerary for a semi-guided tour to the Isle of Man for the Classic TT/Manx GP in 2020. Participants will be taking their own bikes, shipped from Australia to the UK. Dave Milligan from Get Routed says, “Initially we’d have two weeks touring England visiting many places of interest to ‘yer average addict’ – The Ace Cafe, the London Motorcycle Museum, Sammy Miller’s Race Bike Museum, Beaulieu Motor Museum, Haynes International Motor Museum, the Morgan Motor Company factory, a Triumph factory visit, a Norton factory visit, the UK National Motorcycle Museum, a couple of days riding through the Yorkshire Dales to visit ‘Aidensfield’ and Squires Café, plus a couple of nights in Liverpool to take in the Beatles Experience.” “The group would then end up on the Isle of Man for the Festival of Motorcycling which incorporates the Classic TT and the Manx GP in the one meeting from Saturday 22 August to Saturday 5 September. The first week is Practice week and the second Race week. At this stage, the group will be limited to 10 people. I’m guessing this might appeal to people over 50, possibly retired and sufficiently addicted that they wisely purchase OBA every issue.” “Get Routed is also shipping over a number of significant historic Australian race bikes which in years gone by raced in the Isle of Man TT in the hands of Aussie racers such as the late Tom Phillis. Those bikes will be doing closed circuit parade laps of the TT circuit and appearing at Jurby Day. Jurby Day is held at Jurby airfield on the middle Sunday of the Festival of Motorcycling and attracts the biggest collection of vintage, classic, weird and modern bikes you have ever seen – and that’s just in the car park. Out on the circuit will be bikes you have never seen or possibly never heard of. Jurby Day usually attracts a crowd of up to 20,000 and for the Isle of Man that’s the equivalent of 100,000 at Phillip Island.”
“If you’re interested, email Get Routed – dave@getrouted.com.au for a copy of the draft itinerary. I say draft because it’s not difficult to change it if some folks want something added or subtracted. There will be plenty of opportunity for anyone to wander off and do their own thing, if they prefer to do that. There will be time on either end of the tour for participants to go do their own tour or visit relatives. Contact numbers: 03 5625 9080 or Mb: 0412 689 849.”