Monthly Archive: June 2015

Or so they say; and it is comforting to think that a good turn might be rewarded sometimes… I guess that’s what has happened here; although the result wasn’t exactly what I needed right now! You see it was like this. My mate Keith phoned from Scotland to ask if I would do him a favour. He had found a pre-War Ariel Red Hunter for sale inside the M25 and wanted me to go and have a look at it. Now I…

Taken at a 59 Club Reunion in about 1991, it came from – and features – my old mate Tombeau, from Edinburgh. Now it is Tombeau, illustrator and cartoonist extraordinaire, that I have to thank for the cartoons on this Blog site. Thanks, Tombeau! Back when this picture was taken he was tearing about on a BSA Starfire and gradually building a BSA Road Rocket, which he still owns. Indeed it was his A10 I recently mentioned (Dirty Protest post) that had the wood-effect…