And then there are Stanley Woods, Freddie Dixon and the two Jimmy's (Guthery and Simpson) et al. They were the best of their era. If only we could stick 'em all on the same bike, on the same track on the same day and let them fight it out.

I am just grateful I get to see a range of gladiators facing up to the challenge. There really is noting like it anywhere else in the world (at the moment!).