Feathered friend led to yellow flag

Marshals in the North of the Island have revealed why they put out a yellow flag during last night’s practice session.

One of the orange army stationed at Cruikshanks  in Ramsey took to social media to reveal the problem had been a bird playing chicken with the bikes.

The chicken had wandered into the closed road, potentially creating problems for the race stars.

Sorry about the yellow flag at Cruickshanks tonight @jm130tt but we had a loose bird !!!#cruickshankschicken #iomtt pic.twitter.com/Qc4XhWr38z

— piesarehere (@dave_brookfield) May 30, 2016