It means we have to be prepared to put up about £55,000 to cover costs and if the weather is disastrous, then we could catch a real cold.

Our advance bookings are nicely up on last year and it looks like we will have plenty of runners and competitive racing.

We're not celebrating just yet because this is only the first step, albeit a very important one. The Executive have 28 days to make their ruling but we would hope they would concur with the views of the local councilors. What this decision does mean however is that we can now go out to tender which in turn allows us to assess the economic viability of the entire project.

I was bicycling around Key West during a vacation and this guy caught my attention. He's a real shoe cobbler and his name is Fuzzy.

It looks like being a nice day.