It's just one week until the Festival of Motorcycling gets under way, with the Manx Grand Prix taking centre stage.
Entries for all the main races are at capacity, over-subscribed in fact, and around 80 newcomers from the likes of Europe, the USA and Australasia, will make their Mountain Course debuts.
An there will be a female deputy clerk of the course for the first time, two in fact, Ruth Costain and Lizzie Kinvig.
Lizzie says she's up for the challenge of her new role:
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