travel
Murrays Motor Museum | Isle of Man
In 2019 I took my boys to experience their first Isle of Man TT. Unfortunately, the weather didn't want my boys to experience it properly and in the 5 days we were there we only saw one practice race. The rain sadly caused the other practices to be called off. Good for the racers, not quite so good for us.
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Never See Him Race Again
2015, Douglas, Isle of Man I'm stood in the driveway of a house of the rudest Manx people I have ever met, but have given £20 towards the air ambulance for the pleasure so I will bloody well enjoy it. Agos Leap, the watching spot most TT fans dream of being able to view from and here I am. First time on the island, first race I've ever seen and I am te…
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Five Things: Isle of Man TT 2019
I had booked my ferry journey for the Isle of Man last year and ended up selling it thinking I wouldn't go. I had a boyfriend who wasn't keen on going and we had plans to go to other places so I sacrificed what I loved for that. Having not gone last year and the state I was in due to that (seriously, the sport and island mean that much to me) I knew it prob…
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wellbeing
Going Home
I didn't go to the Isle of Man last year. I had been to Fuerteventura and had plans to go to Cyprus which soon changed due to moving house and funds, and instead went camping in Scotland. I didn't tell anyone just how broken I felt not going. I went to my car in my lunch breaks at work to listen to the racing. I was constantly refreshing Twitter and Faceboo…
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tattoos
Apostrophe
It was May last year I first discovered Imagine Dragons. Two of their songs were playing on the radio at work, one called Thunder which I LOVED instantly and another, which became my theme for the TT that year. Whip, whip Run me like a racehorse Pull me like a ripcord Break me down and build me up I wanna be the slip, slip Word upon your lip, lip L…
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William Dunlop
I had been asleep for around an hour or so when my boyfriend returned to the tent after going for a walk to the local pub to see how England did in their World Cup match. Camping on a hill on a remote Scottish Island means no signal or Wi-Fi for us unless we are at that certain spot. As he got into bed I woke a little and he said "Lauren, England won" I j…
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I Should Be There
I'm not at the TT this year, and in all honesty it is affecting me more than I ever thought it would. Since the first moment I set foot on the Isle of Man in 2015 I knew it was my happy place. My island. My home. There is a massive piece of my heart left on that island, and I didn't realise quite how massive until right now. The racing is still in prac…
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yearly things
Five Things | Highlights of 2017
Travels One of my highlights of 2016 was travelling and it's still something that makes me smile and is prominent when I look back. This year, I have been lucky again to be able to add travelling to my highlights of the year. Easter was spent in Somerset. We spent one day in Wales and came across a forest which was so beautiful. The ground was cover…
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