Maybe a few of you do not realise that, like I am, Barry was an asthmatic and the old manx air was not the best for his type of asthma.

I have no problems in the manx air, but I don't smoke Gauloise fags as Barry did !

I remember "sharing" my inhaler with him at Silverstone in the year he raced Kenny Roberts and gave him "two laps to go" signs..........

Therefore I feel that perhaps his breathing was also a problem at the TT and that was another factor in him disliking the Island !

Perhaps if the "news" paper had paralleled the TT with our many racing pals who died in the two wars, going for chips, flying a helicopter, of very old age after long and safe racing careers etc etc, there might have been some balance.

I remember Bill Smith and me watching the horrible scenes unfolding at Heysel on TV in the Dougie Bay, plus it is 50 years since the Le Mans accident but life has gone on.

There is always risk no matter what we do......