Hug from Rossi

At the Valencia GP this year Valentino Rossi put his arm over my shoulder, I put mine over his and gave him a right hug.

It was fantastic meeting the KING. It was so emotional, I never got a photo, my wife Anne was so excited she never worked the camera for shouting ‘Valentino!’.

He signed my Mike Hailwood book, I Also caught his righthand man Jeremy Burgess- the greatest, very down to earth and knows Newcastle-upon-tyne!

I’ve ridden motor bikes from the 1960s- Nortons 16h. 2 dominators 99s. 1 tiger 500cc alloy engine. Now have a Kawasaki 1400 GTR. Hailwood was always my Hero. I met his wife Pauline Hailwood at the I.O.M. 2007. Been to 10 MotoGPs.