Paul Collins and I competing in the "Curtis Bennett" road rally in 1981. I think we would have been 4th that year. Note the collar and tie being sported by Mr Collins - and connoisseurs will recognise the tyres as being Dunlop SPR3s.
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Paul Collins and I competing in the "Curtis Bennett" road rally in 1981. I think we would have been 4th that year. Note the collar and tie being sported by Mr Collins - and connoisseurs will recognise the tyres as being Dunlop SPR3s. |
| Same car, same crew, different rally. Think this was the Noreaster - probably 1982. The year we won it? |  |
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Ros and I on the CB. I only put this one in to prove that I did actually compete on a Rally in a Cortina Mark 3 1600 estate. It cost me £185. And we won 1st Touring Car. Sorry the picture is a bit grotty - it's a postage-sized contact on my original. |
| Paul and I were due to compete in a rally in Suffolk, but unfortunately the suppliers had sent the wrong exhaust for my Capri - so we competed in his Avenger Estate. We went off the road (on some ice?) and landed in a ditch, knocking me out. Had quite a few stitches in my head. This is the result about a week after the accident. |  |
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During my life I've had an unfortunate capacity to break my nose. After doing it once keeping goal at University, I went into hospital to have it all straightened out. This is the splint immediately after coming out - we're just going out to the pub. |
| My first job at the Post Office Research Centre was making transistors in our clean room. This is a number of silicon "wafers" - 1.5" and 2" - ready for having a thin layer of titanium and gold evaporated on them. Think the hat's a bit of a waste of time with the beard.... |  |
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| My first year of skiing - week one and week two. Note
the stylish snow-plough in week one - and the purchase of the gaiters in week 2 - it's amazing how much snow you can plough into a ski boot without them... |
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