A very very special moment for Great Britain in hosting the 1973 World Championships at Crystal Palace where I helped out - see Brooklyn web page

Racing in the colours of the only English cycle club I ever belonged to Kenton RC at the Stevenage Cyclo Cross race,Autumn 1975 - my bike had been on show during the SKOL 6 track event at the Birds/Alisian area throughout the six days.Note the fact the none requirement of a crash hat that came a year or so later much to the displeasure of many a rider who felt cyclo cross being a sport carried out on grass there seemed little livelihood of any head injuries or such - having said that of course there was an incident at Forty Hall - see my picture and text below!

Forty Hall Enfield, North London-inside the grounds for the Wembley RC cyclo cross race organised by Johnny Morris again 1975. We always had to race across the stream until one day someone tried to go through it on the bike and came unstuck as his front wheel dug into the bed of the stream and went head over heels, subsequently no more river crossing-shame really!

My stay in France-Autumn/Winter 1977 in the Toulouse/Pyrenees area-probably the most healthy time of my life-sunshine coupled with good food and lots of cycling mileage..The above image shows what was required to take for a French Federation Cyclo Cross training weekend. My club in France thought it would be a good idea for me to go with some of the other riders. I had no idea what to expect and to be quite honest really didn`t teach me anything but hey you never know till you arrive.

Good old days The Daily Telegraph`s sponsorship of Cyclo Cross

Winter of 1980-almost the last time I was to put my leg over a bike for nine years(Work,marriage,kids). going over to the park for Cyclo Cross training.Eventually the bike as well as the jersey were sold plus all the other stuff- four other bikes,frames,wheels, clothing plus other odds and sods were all sold at Crouch End-North London.

About nine years later, back on the bike wearing the only clothing I had not sold. The TEKA outfit - shirt and shorts - having been bought in Andorra many years ago, and a set I would not sell. Loved it with the good retro addidas stripes etc.The bike in front of me I made up of parts that I was able to secure that were ironically going to be thrown away,the bike frame was if I remember rightly second hand and I had it sign written with Horseshoe in blue on either side of the down tube. It didn't take too long for it to written off when a woman in a car turned right across my path as I was doing over 20 mph., bending the frame and fork as well as attaining plenty of bruises myself..

2004 National over 50s championships at Sutton Coldfield, almost coming to a stand still up the slope.

I look how I felt, I was absolutely boiled and knackered. If I had known how hot it was going to get no way would I had worn so much! This was the National Over 50`s event 2005 at Abergaverny in Wales. It had rained excessively up to the event so by the time we had done a couple of laps the course was"nicely ploughed", whereupon you had to run quite a bit with the bike,which actually helped me as I originally came into Cyclo cross because it is a mixture of cycling and running. 

2006 Sutton Coldfield again,over 50`s National Championship,"Upgraded" to the skinsuit and it makes life so much easier as long as you don`t break the zip! Snowed on the day and the hands suffered due to the cold through the race.

Gios Viaggio 2011-Cyclo Cross