Ex teacher, now involved in writing, web site design, IT training and speedway track maintenance! Last two books have concentrated on Minety Rugby Club overr the past 5 years. I love history and literature, hence the book on the Royal Flying Corps officer Gilbert Mapplebeck and the First World War poetry book, and reading and writing, hence all of the others. The most recent publication is "The Abbey Habit" about Swindon Speedway in 2015. Before that I had written "Abbey Rode", detailing the work behind the scenes at Championship winning Swindon Robins speedway in 2012. The latest history book tells the story of World War 1 flying ace Gilbert Mapplebeck's extraordinary life in the first year of the conflict.