As some of you may know, my real job is compiling traffic information for the radio/sat navs etc and on Friday there was an accident that closed the A1 in Hertfordshire. I found out today that somebody I used to play a lot of golf with a few years back, a motorcyclist, was killed in the accident. He was a team mate and a friend, but when I left the club, as is often the case, we lost contact. He was a very brave man and a fireman by trade and he would have seen his fare share of incidents. He was part of the first fire crews on the scene to the Paddington rail crash and said to me once 'you never expect to see that many dead people at once'. After over sixteen years in the industry I have become very tired of reporting on news stories of this type and hate myself for at times being so blase about the death of others, but this was the first time that I had actively reported on an accident which claimed the life of somebody I knew. I am saddened that we lost contact, but I guess it takes two people to do so. All I can hope is that it was quick and he felt as little pain as possible. R, my thought are with your family and friends. Thats about all I have to say about it really Matt
Don't be too hard on yourself Matt Friends are that and it does work both ways and busy lives mean you can't always connect but I like to think that friendships can be taken up at anytime. Thinking of you all at this sad time and take a bit of comfort from the good times you shared.
Sorry for the loss of your friend. It is shocking how often the traffic news describes an accident with a motorcyclist fatality. My son is 16 and wants to get on a bike at 17. I have to hold back and leave him to decide as if I was enthusiastic and he got hurt I would blame myself. I'm going to find it very hard. I now like to minimise risk while still riding at a good pace. Ride when conditions are good. Headlight and hi viz top is more important than fashion. Ride safe out there.
Always harder to come to terms with a death of someone you knew and worse never expected, sorry for the loss of your good friend Matt.
Very sad ... It's not nice it's happened here. However look at it this way . If he was a biker he went doing something he enjoyed and hopefully quickly. Also you had the pleasure of meeting and knowing each other . Just because you loose touch with someone does not mean neither of you ever thought of each other because you often do Lastly in this day and age anything can happen.. So much random stuff . You could get hit by a bus. So do not kick yourself. A friend of ours up here has just been told she has pancreatic cancer and as you know it's not good. Terminal and sadly quick. We where out with her a few weeks ago and she was jumping about being daft. Just complained about what they said was gall bladder. She always is leaping about and full of it. So when I was told I was stunned as she was the last person I'd have guessed. So please don't fret .. Think about the good times. Because even though you lost touch I bet you both still thought of those fun times .
Sorry to hear of your loss Matt. Remember the good times you had, and remember there are always folk on here that you can call on if you need to talk.
