It is my buddy Geoff Blanthorn's 89th birthday today !

 It is my riding, workshop & walkies buddy Geoff Blanthorn's - 89th- birthday today.

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I have known Geoff since I was 15, from when he first visited me in 1971, when he was on holiday in the USA, visiting friends on Mercer Island, and wanted to meet the only member the Velocette Owners Club had in Washington State at the time.

Geoff ended up buying the house next door , when it came up for sale, keeping it as a rental, until eventually moving from London England, helping me in the shop, and then selling his home in London, retiring, and moving to & permanently living next door in Lakebay, some 30 plus years ago.

I was cookie this evening and did ribs for Geoff's 89th birthday dinner.