We Travelled to Europe bike racing, mechanic & rider. Geoff fulfilled both functions and i did as I was Told!
To my surprise he spoke fluent French so we never had a problem finding our way. On one occasion we met at Dover, 3.00 am in the morning, Geoff was always early, me always late, but he always took it in his stride. There he was sitting in the car park in the dark on his travelling deck chair with sun roof whilst drinking a cup of coffee. On one occasion, in France, we came across a site that took us quite by surprise, three nuns were crouching in the ditch at the side of the road attending to a call of nature. Some time later Geoff said to me, "Some people would give a lot to see that!".
We had so many stories from our trips & I will always remember our adventures.
My friend Geoff, I will miss you.

John Preston.