Event underway on time in good conditions
This years Manx Telecom Parish Walk is underway.
Starter Martin Lambden, a previous winner of the event, dropped the flag at the NSC in Douglas at 8am this morning to start almost 1400 walkers on their 85 mile journey.
However, things didn't go quite as planned - as Dave Christian described live on Manx Radio
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