Superbiker

An interesting weekend.  We were supposed to go to Manchester to spend the weekend with Karen and Leia, but Leia came down with Chicken Pox and as we are off to Japan in 2 week's time we thought it wasn't worth the risk and stayed put.  On Saturday we went to Attingham Park for our usual lap followed by lunch in a pub.  During his bath I noticed a couple of spots on his back and said to Matt - wouldn't it be ironic if they were chicken pox spots...

Sunday as for once it wasn't raining we decided to go to British Superbikes in Oulton Park.   

Trackside at Oulton Park

Being a Bank Holiday it was race day on the Monday, so Sunday was qualifying day.  We also got a race left over from a very rainy day earlier in the season.

Anyway we turned up in good time and found a good place to pitch our half tent near the track.  Tom got very excited, jumping up and down in the tent, playing football and showing off his riding skills on his bike (he even got a round of applause from a group of on lookers when he negotiated a hill)

Tommy Hill - our man

He wasn't 100% sure about the bikes as they went round, he said he was a little bit scared, but he didn't cry and he was genuinely interested.  One of the main riders in British Superbikes is 'Tommy Hill' we thought Tom might want to support him as they share names.  Tom quickly learnt Tommy's colours and shouted 'Come on Tommy' each time he came round.  He obviously did him some good as he came first in the qualifying and won the race.

Shane Byrne

Anyway, Tom did really well as it was a long day.  At one stage he said he was tired and went to sit in the car for a while, but he didn't sleep and seemed to find even more energy and raced around some more.  He was asleep within 5 minutes of leaving the track though.

Not being organised for the weekend we decided to grab dinner at the Clock Tower - in the end Tom didn't get to bed until 9pm - what a dirty stop out.

Oh - spots hadn't gone away and were looking a little worse...