Porsche Club GB Dawn Raid

I was up at 05:30 this morning for Porsche Club GB Dawn Raid. Around 60 Porsches met at the TT Grandstand for a lap of the TT Course before the road got busy with traffic. It was the first time I'd attended one of these events and wanted to tag along at the back of a group. The groups were sent off with only a small interval between them (less than one minute) which I felt wasn't really enough of a gap as the lead car in the group behind me soon caught me up while we still within Douglas due to traffic lights, roundabouts, etc.

Photo: Porsches in the TT Grandstand pit lane prior to the dawn run

The English Porsche in front of me lost touch with the group due to traffic and the roundabout so I stayed behind the driver to make sure she didn't get lost on the lap. She may have done it before and knew the y way, but I had no way of knowing. We didn't really get much of a chance to pick up a bit of speed until we'd passed some traffic after Kirk Michael.
 
I lost her at the traffic lights in Ramsey and aware than another group was behing me at the lights and the "rule" about not overtaking any Manx Porsches I decided to pull in and let them get past. I needn’t have worried as I was soon behind them on the mountain and even getting held up by them. The person who told me about it being slower than going out by yourself was correct, there were a couple of fast drivers but the rest were no faster than any locals in a half decent car
 
We were pulled over for a short break at Creg ny Baa. I guess the rest then headed back to the grandstand; I headed home for breakfast.
 
Later than morning we went back down to my Mother's house and my wife gave the back garden a few more cuts with the ride on mower while I did the awkward edges and bits under the trees with a Flymo. By late afternoon I was knackered from my early start and struggling to stay awake so I went to bed early.