What a totally shit piece of news, I was looking forward to telling about a quick visit to the old bike shop in Bala I was making this month, he gave me some good advice on a bike mech. job application I made earlier this year. Things had seemed to be on the up for him.He really missed the part of Wales I'm from and we have mutual friends, suppose that needs to be 'had' now.
Good luck Nige wherever you are and I hope his family is bearing up as well as can be expected.