Welcome to the June edition of Scootering

Throughout 2008 I had developed plans to get on the racetrack with a Group 6 Lambretta, which was being built by Sean Brady at our Scooterotica garage. I chronicled the build on our Scooterotica Forum, and the project gained much interest. I finally arrived at Cadwell magazine Les, can you help me out?” One of the briefs for the interview was to come up with a concept for a magazine article, but me being me, I wanted to go one step further and actually create the full article and present it in printed format, so I engaged the services of a designer and put the piece together. One part of the article would involve an interview with a scooterist about his club history, and Les agreed to be that guinea pig for my first ever editorial piece… bless him. I told him how grateful I was for his help at the time, and that I would not forget it… and I haven’t. Which is why I was so sad to receive a call from Denise in April to tell me Les had died. The scooter scene has brought many of us these types of friendships with people, which is one of the many reasons we love it so much. It’s been a difficult year for all of us in so many ways, but my heart goes out to all those scooterists who have fallen during the past 12 months, one and all. As a tribute to Les, I’ve decided to print his article below, because even if you didn’t know him, I think after reading his column, every scooterist will be able to relate to his story in one way or another.