Times gone by

❝ ‘In’t pub!’ was the shouted rejoinder as the lathes were spun-up again, so Mart, Birks and myself wandered down the street and ‘in’t pub’ we went. ❞

From an enthusiast's point of view I was still mulling the sad passing of motocross aces Bryan 'Badger' Goss and Joel Robert when news reached me that Spanish trials legend Manuel Soler had died.

I had briefly met both Badger and Joel at various Telford Shows, Goss was typically effervescent, verbally sparring with old pal Roger Harvey,