I first met Simon in
1983, we were both on the same course at Mid Kent College studying engineering.
We used to encourage Simon to do 'wheelies' across the college car park on his
RD350LC. From about late 83 to about 89 I used to be in a group of friends with Simon, Keith Wells and Howard
Hunt (who sadly died in a car accident in 86). I remember those teenage years
fondly, being out till the early hours of the morning doing nothing in
particular. Howard got home one morning to meet his dad coming out the house to
go to work – don’t think his dad was pleased. I also recall a late night rally
experience in a local hop field in Simon’s Ford Escort. Later I got a motor
bike and would meet up with Keith to ride over to Simon's as he had bought a
house in Iwade with Karen. I vaguely remember a scheme to breed pedigree cats
(Persian I think) and after spending the evening at the house with all the
kittens jumping all over me I used to ride home wheezing! Simon decided to get
back into motorcross so we all went to one of his first races. Simon was always
really competitive and this was no exception - he was doing really well right
up to the point he fell off and broke his collar bone. His biggest concern at
this point was that the