Welcome to My Website

I am greatly honoured to have been awarded an MBE in the 2010 New Years Honours List and to have it presented by the Queen.   I am a very fit 67 year old who found an unexploded bomb when 11 years old and lost both legs and a hand.   I lead a very active and interesting life with a wonderful family - Marilyn to whom I have been married for well over 40 years - daughters Natalie and Suzanne and my 6 year old grandson Michael Harry, seen here swimming with me and my specially made flipper, details of which can be viewed in Adaptability.   I am proud to be the only disabled driver worldwide to have qualified for both an International Race and an International Rally Licence. Have competed in over 600 motorsport events, including 110 races plus British and World Championship rallies.    I am Chairman of the British Motor Sports Association for the Disabled and have, for more than ten years, attended the Medical Panel of the Motor Sports Association, who are the governing body for motorsport in the UK, representing all disabled drivers who wish to participate in motorsport.   Still the youngest ever subject of This is your Life programme at the age of 17, televised on BBC on 5th March 1962.   I added narrative to a BBC TV film about the first disabled race driver - Archie Scott-Brown - while competing and crashing at Brands Hatch in a seven car pile up!   I have been a conference speaker for Xerox and IBM and have taken part in numerous radio programmes about disability issues - Womans Hour, Start the Week, Does he take sugar etc.   I am a Chartered Accountant by profession but please don`t hold that against me, I have a great sense of humour and have worked in industry for over 30 years and now work for myself - please see business career section.