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SUMMER 2012’S TRENDS EXPLAINED, WORDS GRACE RYAN

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Hooray! British summertime is here. You can tell because town is flooding and I’ve only had to turn my heating on every other day. Just let me check my phone to make sure I haven’t slept through August and woken up in November…in Manchester. Fear not, you soggy monsters. The month of June may have been wetter than an otter’s pocket, but my uber-reliable super secret journalist sources (Yahoo Answers) inform me that this summer’s tipped to be an absolute scorcher. It will literally be so hot that you might as well have booked a holiday on the planet Mercury. Take it from me, there’s still plenty of time for a traditional summer - the ladies can spray themselves the colour of a cheap wardrobe, the price of beachside Cornettos will go up another quid and we can grow chubby on a diet of charred meat marinated in Pimm’s. Summertime also means something special for us journalists, as its that time of year when we get to gaze into our crystal balls and compose lists telling you what to do, think and throw up. If we’re lucky, we also get to repay all the free meals and bikini waxes we get given by bigging a few people up. I know that most of us did the same thing right before Christmas, but the makers of Preparation H will not be satisfied until I’ve squeezed a plug for their product in somewhere. Without further ado, here are my sizzling tips for a summer that’s hotter than a pint of piri piri in your pants. Preparation H: it soothes the burn.

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SCORCHING HOT FASHION

The ongoing revival of 90s style has seen fashionistas from Hoxton to Le Hocq kitted out like a cross between Pat Butcher and a dancer from Dreamscape. Preening knobbers everywhere have tried their hardest to look like an East German Jimmy Saville so, short of raiding a clown’s wardrobe and rolling in paint, there isn’t much to do to make yourself more garish than the next muppet. The true trend-setter must always stand out, and the solution is the look pioneered by that true fashion renegade: your gran. The vogue for ironic wolf shirts and hideous playsuits means that even raiding mum’s 80s wardrobe is passé, so the prettiest young things have delved deep to borrow gran’s shapeless long coat, surgical stockings and those little fluffy boots with zippers on the side. Fake hearing aids are the new hipster glasses, and the word on the street is that a blue-rinsed Kate Moss is rocking a cardigan covered in cat hair and a tartan trolley on wheels. Hotness rating: electric blanket on maximum

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I spent the 1996 August bank holiday semiconscious in a paddling pool full of wee, listening to Whigfield’s ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘Summertime’ by Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince on repeat until one of my kidneys blew up. It’s no surprise I developed a violent reaction to all summery music, and so am way ahead of the curve on this season’s trend for miserable, doomy sounds. Forget playing Bob Marley and the Macarena at your beach barbecue - the cool kids are cooking sausages to the hottest underground genre out there right now: Norwegian black metal. Tired of bands that normal people can enjoy, hipsters have foresworn pop music and indie in favour of the guttural howling of men who worship Odin and dress like a bunch of S&M goblins. Next time you’re at a garden party, if the DJ won’t play Gorgoroth’s ‘Possessed (by Satan)’ or the timeless ‘I Am The Black Wizards’ by Emperor, you should stand at the corner and scowl at them until they get the message - when the sun is shining, let’s all listen to Darkthrone. Hotness rating: 666 degrees, the burning evil fires of hell

HOT CELEBRITIES

In an age where you can see nipples on CBeebies and there’s a camera in the toilet in Big Brother, it’s fair to say that celebrities have lost a lot of their mystique. What was once glamorous, mysterious and untouchable has been revealed to fart in the bath and eat Super Noodles for dinner. Where are the real celebrities to admire, emulate and occasionally kidnap? The answer is: on trial in The Hague, because the hottest celebrities now are the dictators. They look good, live lives of luxury and play by their own rules - right til the point they’re paraded on camera by US Special Forces, or get shot up in a rusty pipe. Soon Heat magazine will give up on Cheryl Cole in favour of Vladimir Putin, and the pages of Hello will be graced by photoshoots with Bashar Al-Assad, a few African guys in combat fatigues and whoever’s currently in charge of Sark. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian move over - until you’ve got a gold-plated fighter jet you’re strictly B-list. Hotness rating: hotter than hiding out in the Sahara

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y enduring memory of India is the unbearable heat, I found myself sweating just from standing still. The temperature is searing and comes with a humidity you can taste, its spirituality is intense and the food is spicy to the point of illness. With gap years becoming increasingly common India is a popular destination, it offers mind-blowing scenery and the chance to experience a totally alien culture. However, this culture can offer as much of a shock as the weather.

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With cinemagoers still reeling from the surprise twist in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (SPOILER: the aliens are The Clangers), this summer promises so many event movies that popcorn supplies will be strictly rationed to a teacup each (£11 plus GST). After the Oscar-winning turn of a waxwork of Rihanna in board-game-turned-blockbuster BattleShip, coked-up Hollywood moguls have rushed to release big-screen adaptations of other thrilling games of skill and plastic. I for one cannot wait to see Lady Gaga in Yahtzee: the Movie, Will Ferrell as ‘the patient’ in Operation! or for the release of Buckaroo 2: Plastic Boogaloo. Aside from a movie version of every single comic superhero ever, also expect the cinema to be flooded with reboots of any 80s franchise that managed to con mum out of twenty quid’s worth of toxic plastic for your ninth birthday. We’ve had Transformers, Scooby Doo and Thundercats, so try and keep down your hotdog for the unbridled excitement of 3D versions of Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Around The World With Willy Fogg and Pob. Hotness rating: a mouth full of mouldy mustard

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banks which recently sought a €19bn government bailout, sells its repossessed properties through BankiaHabitat. Currently it is running an “andando a la playa” (walk to the beach) promotion offering hundreds of beachside flats and apartments starting at €39,050.

In 2006, Fuengirola was typical of Spain’s housebuilding boom; today there are properties where vendors have slashed the asking price by €1m.

Interestingly many properties are new-builds, where the developer has got into difficulty and left the bank with scores of flats. For example, in Estepona on the Costa del Sol, a bank is trying to sell 16 flats in a development with a swimming pool 15 minutes’ walk from the beach, Prices for the two- and three-bed flats start at €85,456, but, tellingingly, none has yet sold. At the peak of the boom, similar properties were going for twice that price.

It has been dubbed the “Costa Catastrophe”. Hundreds of thousands of unsold new homes litter Spain’s coastal provinces – and now the banks are finally pulling the plug on developers and selling off their stock for whatever they can get. All the major Spanish banks have opened real estate websites (each translated into English to appeal to British buyers) to offload the new and repossessed homes on their books, promising discounts of as much as 60% off asking prices. But many experts think that prices in Spain still have further to fall and that asking prices remain a long way from reality.

At the height of the boom in 2006, Spain built more than 760,000 homes, five times the level of housebuilding in the UK. Housing starts have since collapsed by 90% and the struggling banks can no longer “extend and pretend” the unpaid interest on the colossal loans advanced to developers.

The team heading to the US consists of: Paul Hodgson, Engine Builder (Small cc Racing, Lonan); Bob Watson, Electrical Engineer; Stu Harvey, Transport Chief; and Project Manager and Crew Chief Suzy Starlite. The bike will be ridden by Richard Barks, who has been instrumental in driving the project forward. When the group discovered that the Isle of Man had never been represented at Bonneville Speed Week, they decided to mount their challenge: “As an island racing community” said Suzy, “we have a culture that is based around privateer competitors punching well above their financial weight. We have all the skills in the Isle of Man to develop and innovate to tight budgets. Our team hold an impressive number of UK and Isle of Man track records and we’re known for pushing commercially built dyno testing facilities to the limits of their endurance - numerous savaged gearbox remains are a testimony to that!”.

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The team’s collective calibre is formidable: eleven Manx Motorcycle Championships; two Ramsey Sprint records, seven outright wins and numerous class wins; five TT replicas; and two NSA British Championships.

The price, which is nearly £10,000 more than the average house price across the UK, according to the latest Halifax index, and comes with a £2,500 a year ground rent, has been driven up by the fetching decor and facilities, but its position on the picturesque sandspit is the key factor.

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While I did visit Pushkar and was lucky enough to experience the religious festival of Krishna I cannot say this was the most spiritual aspect of Indian culture. It was the serenity of the Himalaya which offered the most peace. I found the experience of camping with Sherpas and visiting the indigenous mountain people, who were generous, warm and welcoming, more moving than the blessing I received from the Hindu priests at Pushkar.

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motorbikes and managed to get into the cool crowd! I kept up with the piano, got up to grade 7 but as the biking picked up, the music took a slight back seat. By the time I was 17, I was travelling the world and becoming a figure in the biking scene. With the accident, I retired early from the biking at age 30, and then took up music again. It was always my joy and loved getting back into it! What is the secret to being good at a sport & music? Natural talent is a must, and family support is really important. I am lucky enough to have a strong family who introduced me to the piano and bikes. My Gran played the piano and my Mum’s partner was a biker so it really was in the genes. Practice and dedication is essential and, of course, hard work.

When Tom Evans, motorcycle technical inspector at Bonneville, learnt of the team’s plans, he said simply: “Good luck with that one!”

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The ‘Lonan 2012’ project is the culmination of two years’ hard work and planning, both by the core team and various Members and friends who have been involved along the way, such as Peter Moran (Awkward & Eccentric Engineering, Lonan), Colin Eastwood and Ron Wilkinson. Further support has come from Mike, Steve and Mike in the Tool Room, Sign Tech, Ramsey Steam Ship Company, Slick Bass, Azzy Paints, Adie Evans, Motul Oil and John Boyde. The team have also been grateful to their families for letting them spend the best part of the last two years in their sheds!

Didn’t know the words to the national anthem when I was asked to sing it before racing at Brands Hatch in 2007. I had to quickly find the lyrics and learn them before standing in front of the crowd, in my leathers, as I had already started racing. I managed it, and also won both of my races so it was an incredible experience at the height of my success.

Having been self-funded until recently, the team now have the valued support of sponsors Manx Gas (primary sponsor), Domicilium (IOM) Ltd and EDS (Energy Development Services). Gary Cregeen, Sales and Marketing Manager at Manx Gas, comments, “With the Isle of Man steeped in motorsport history, this is yet another challenge to prove the Island’s ability to perform and compete on the world stage. We wish the team the very best of luck in their attempt and hopefully look forward to them returning to the Isle of Man as the world land speed record holders.”

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Keeping Fit this summer at Carrefour Health Club Gallery popped into Carrefour Health Club to meet with one of their most loyal members, James Toseland; World Superbike Champion and rocker. James is currently preparing for a gig at the Villa Marina with his band, Crash. In-between his busy schedule and preparations for his marriage to the lovely Katie Melua, we have the chance to speak to him about his motivations.

The 500 Manxman was shipped from the Isle of Man to the UK on 9th June, courtesy of Mezeron. On Sunday 17th June, it left for Los Angeles via Orient Worldwide (Shipping) Ltd on the appropriatelynamed MOL Endeavour. The Lonan team will join their bike, and head from LA to Utah, in the first week of August, joining several hundred teams from all around the world. Bonneville Speed Week takes place Saturday 11th - Friday 17th August.

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The ‘500 Manxman’ now en route for Los Angeles is modelled on You can follow the team’s progress at facebook.com/Lonan12 or on Paul Hodgson’s NSA British Championship winning competition Twitter: @Lonan2012. bike; based on a Suzuki Hayabusa rolling chassis, with a destroked, turbocharged and nitrous assisted Yamaha Thundercat engine. The 500cc Speed Week motorcycle • The salt flats, home to the world’s fastest • Sir Malcolm Campbell took a record of classes are split into many groups: speed trials, are roughly 88 miles west of Salt 301.129 mph in his famous ‘Bluebird’ in 1935. the class record that the Manx team Lake City, Utah, near Wendover. • The first racer to smash the 400 mph speed have set their sights on is the APS • Bonneville Speed Week is organised by the barrier was American Mickey Thompson in - BF (Special Construction Partial Bonneville Nationals Inc., with Southern 1960 (notching up a speed of 406.60 mph). Streamlined - Blown Fuel), which was California Timing Association as sponsors. set in 1979 by Steve Alexander - at • Bonneville Salt Flats were captured on the a speed of 176mph - and has been • The compact, sun-baked flats were first used silver screen in ‘The World’s Fastest Indian’, unsuccessfully challenged ever since. for motorsport events in 1912. the 2005 dramatisation of the life of recordmaking New Zealand racer Burt Munro.

Photo (L-R): Suzy Starlite Paul Hodgson Richard Barks Bob Watson Stu Harvey

Official statistics mask the scale of price falls. The Bank of Spain says prices are 25%-30% below their peak, but estate agents say falls of 40%-50% are common in some areas.

India is a place of extremes, its cities, such as Delhi and Mumbai, are unhygienic; dirt roads are compounded with cow faeces and strewn with rubbish, yet the countryside is breathtakingly pure. Its land-mass encompasses the fertile fields of Kashmir, the desserts of Jaisalmer and the Himalaya mountain range. The Himalayas seems to be perfectly carved from the landscape. The starkness of the white snow-topped peaks contrast sharply with the black rock, and are nestled in between peaks heavy with lush green forests.

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The banks know that as they bring the property to market, prices will fall even further, so many offer 95% or even 100% loans at low interest rates so long as the buyer is willing to pay the original, inflated price. It’s a gambit few believe will find many takers.

Servihabitat, the site for properties owned by La Caixa bank, tells buyers “you set the price … we’ll give you an answer in 24 hours”. If reports from property agents in Spain are true, buyers should put in silly offers and see if the bank bites.Bankia, a collection of seven failed

It is said that, as a county, India has the biggest gap between rich and poor; its poverty is the most severe I’ve seen, and its wealth the most lavish. When it comes to Indian tourism it becomes a money-centric Industry. Tourists offer the poverty-stricken a way to make a quick buck, and the wealthy entrepreneurs of the industry the opportunity to maintain the lifestyle they have become accustomed to and are terrified of losing. There is a relentless demand for money which drains both patience and cash. I was disappointed to discover that the play on poverty can become a way to extract more cash from unsuspecting tourists. When it came to navigating the Indian tourist industry I most definitely had my fingers burnt.

While the cities are an experience in bustling commerce it is the simplicity of the mountain and dessert people which provide the opportunity for discovery and understanding.

a new land speed world record for the Island, and they are single-minded in their pursuit.

A 5.6 by 3.2 metre timber cabin on the south coast of England may have become the UK’s most expensive beach hut after fetching £170,000 after just two days on the market.

Santander’s Spanish property website, Altamira, promises “housing for all, at yesterday’s prices”. It talks of “retro prices” of less than €50,000 (£40,400), and after just a brief search we found a fourbedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Valencia for €18,000. Mind you, it was hardly holiday home material.

3) And, wherever possible, ensure that a two lane motorway is at least 3 cars, one bike and a cow deep.

Just a few weeks from now, a team from the Isle of Man will be hoping to make history at Bonneville Salt Flats, USA. Members of the Lonan Gentleman’s Fellowship have set their sights on

Possibly the most expensive beach hut ever sold in the UK

Spain’s struggling banks are setting up English-language websites to sell off their property backlog. But beware: the market may still be falling.

2) You must honk at whatever you see, moving or not;

I knew India was renowned for is its spicy food and that the majority of tourists experience their fair share of Delhi-belly. However, this friendly euphemism did not prepare me for the reaction of my digestive system to the local cuisine. Despite following travel guidelines I still spent a large chunk of my trip confined to the bathroom. Travelling on a budget I had opted for a fan rather than air-conditioned comfort. The fan, at best, ebbed out only a gentle breeze. When, one late afternoon, in the height of my illness, the electricity in the hostel in which I was staying cut out, I experienced a heat rival only to hell.

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In a collection of garages in Lonan and Laxey, the Fellowship, an informal group of like-minded souls, spend their waking hours finding ways to maximise the straight-line speed achievable on a variety of custom-built motorcycles. Now, several members are channelling their combined skill and experience into breaking a Bonneville record which has stood since 1979.

Is it time to buy a holiday home on Spain’s ‘Costa Catastrophe’?

1) You should make every effort to ensure that there is no space between you and the car in front of you;

So, when passing through a main road one day it came as no surprise to discover an abandoned bus toppled over with the contents of its baggage rack scattered across the road. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

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The hut on the Mudeford Sand Spit near Bournemouth was rebuilt 10 years ago and boasts a fully fitted kitchen and sleeping accommodation, which the new owners can use for overnight stays at any time between March and October. There is running water and there are solar panels for lighting, however, there is no toilet - anyone caught short will have to make their way to a residents’ block nearby.

My experience of India is a mixed one, some of which I expected, some I did not. India is an assault on the senses; it is vibrant and colourful, leafy greens clash with brick reds ensuring that the eyes are always entertained. The constant chatter of people and the beeping horns means that there is never a moment of silence, and the smell - well there is nothing quite like it - an exquisite mix of spice and raw sewerage. For a naïve British girl one of the most striking things about India is the driving, health and safety is not a concept which exists in Indian culture. Indian driving seems to adhere to a set of unwritten rules, which are as follows:

What is your idea of the perfect weekend? It used to be riding bikes, now it’s playing at gigs with Crash. Favourite animal? (Turns to his band mates) It will have to be a dog (seems some private joke there!) Favourite food? Georgian, which Katie introduced me to, particularly khachapuri. Italian has to be up there too! Favourite dance moves?

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I need a fair few drinks before I get up and dance. When I do, it’s not so much moves but shape throwing. Generally whatever my arms and legs choose to do! Pet hate? Negative people and the fact that news tends to prioritise negative things going on, rather than focusing on the positives. Guilty pleasure? Chocolate. When did you start your sport / music? I actually started the piano when I was seven. As that was not such a cool thing at school, I tried to keep this behind closed doors. When I was nine, I got into

Competitions, no, but I have a gig at the Villa Marina this evening, kind of an evening with me. First singing tracks form the new album, then Q&A followed by our band, Crash. I’m also working on my album which is taking up a lot of my time, but I’m thoroughly enjoying it! How do you prepare for gigs? Interviewing with you! It actually takes the nerves away. Do you get particularly nervous? How different is gigging compared to biking?

career? For the biking, it has to be Brands Hatch in 2007. I was at the top of my game, and being asked to sing the National Anthem was just incredible. Podium, Riding, Singing and playing the piano, in front of thousands of people, everything I love to do in one day, it doesn’t get better than that! With gigging, I’ve had many opportunities to sing with my idols, including Jools Holland; Queen asked me to join them and sing “We Will Rock You” at a gig! The drums started and I remember thinking, oooh, when do I come in?! I turned around and Roger Taylor winked at me when it was time. You can’t dream of that! How can people get into superbiking? Biking is an expensive sport; to get started you really need £10k, five for the bike and another five for all the equipment and clothing. It was tough to start out; my family put everything into my competing. If I had not got signed by Mick Corrigan in 2007, we may have had to give it up. He came at the right time just before I completely skinted the family! Phew!

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What was your first gig? Liverpool working man’s club in 2002. We’ve been very lucky with the following from biking supporters. We’ve also had gigs in America and Italy, the Yamaha connection helped a lot. How do you train? I’ve been a member at Carrefour since 2005, and my regimes are a lot of cardio work on the running machine, cycling machine and cross trainer and working with a lot of free weights and training specific muscle groups that I needed to race motorcycles, which is pretty much all round conditioning. A lot of arm and grip strength as well as core stability exercises. Future events for you? Well of course, there’s the wedding in September! As I mentioned, I’m working on my album, I’ve got seven tracks so far, another three or four to go. I’ve been working with Toby Jepson, lead singer of Little Angels, (do you remember 3 men and little lady?) He is absolutely incredible to work with, so listen out for the album!

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I do get nervous at times, like when we’re on stage and when I was riding. Biking and gigging is different, without a doubt. With music, it doesn’t hurt if you make a mistake! At the same time, each gig has to be as perfect as when you’re racing on the bike. Although, in all honesty, I think I’m most nervous about the speech at my upcoming wedding! I met Katie just 13 months ago, and I just knew she was special. It has been such a whirlwind of emotions, and it is just 13 months, I have no excuse and must remember everything!

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