Another memory I have of the IoM trips was when Mick Brand, Snowy Snowden and myself stayed at a guest house in Douglas. Not sure if Cad was with us but I remember him having a good laugh at what happened.

Things were different then and you had to be back at 11.00 pm or the doors to the guest house were shut and locked. We got back at 12.30 am and sure enough the doors were shut and locked. Mick Brand noticed a window open in a room below street level (see pic) where the girls who worked at the hotel slept.

Mick climbed in and relayed to me the layout which I relayed to Snowy Snowden who climbed in and put his foot on the head of one of the girls. All hell broke loose and we scarpered up to our rooms, the next morning we were asked to leave.

I have many memories of Cad racing and one meeting in particular springs to mind. It was at Lydden Hill where Cad had entered the 650 cc race, there were four heats with the first four from each heat progressing to the final. Cad won his heat and lined up second on the grid next to Charlie Sanby. In the race Cad and Charlie Sanby had a fierce battle ahead of the rest until mechanical gremlins intervened and Cad had to slow, he still finished second to Sanby though and on vastly inferior machinery.

Charlie Sanby went on the become the Lord of Lydden and an international works rider for Norton, he also enjoyed success at the IoM TT races. It is a testament to Cad's riding ability that he could battle with Charlie Sanby.

Cad's bike was number 57 (see pic) and he called it Heinz. In Cad's unconventional style he did not follow the pattern of the day, i.e. Norton frame with Triumph engine. Instead he had a BSA frame, Triumph engine, Norton forks and brakes, Matchless petrol tank and parts from various other makes. Some found, some borrowed, some made, a few bought and the rest from dubious sources. Hence the name Heinz, 57 varieties.