Now that posts on Pat Hennen/Tom Herron have ceased here is one on a lighter note for Pykey.

The true story of how his hero John Williams first learned the T.T course.

John lived in Heswall on the Wirral. There was also another very experienced T.T rider in Heswall, Len Williams, no relation to John and not a super star but well respected clever engineer, good runner and rep winner, won his last silver in the 71 Senior his last race at 55, we started together and he beat me by 11 seconds He had a remarkable knowledge and photographic memory of the T.T.

Len mapped out the T.T for John on one of those old stiff toilet rolls, it carried so much detail of every bend where to peel off etc even down to the manhole cover on the approach to the 13th.

John spent weeks with Len unrolling and re rollng the toilet paper and going through it with him again and again in Len's workshop.

It's a true story I know, I have seen it and been through it myself with Len.

They were both on the square, perhaps that explains it.