If there were a Carry On film about the TT, it would surely star sidecar passenger Martin Hull.

In 2008 Hull was sent to hospital with an eye infection and advised by doctors to withdraw his race entry, such was his condition. His team withdrew the entry but then, on the eleventh hour, Hull was told – on race day – that he could, after all, race. So, desperate to get back, the Yorkshiremen ran back to the start wearing nothing but his hospital gown. But on the last lap he hit the kerb at Schoolhouse, smashing his visor into his face. In spite of the dramas Hull still finished with a silver replica.

Rachel Clegg pays tribute to this moment in Isle of Man TT history with this eye-catching photo, as seen in her TT Milestones 2013 calendar.