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I sample life in the fast lane — and welcome


by Ben Carlish


Valley. The balmy morning


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breeze is punctuated by the call of mating birds, the insistent bleating of lambs and the gentle clink and whirring of a milk float. What better way to shatter the peace than by getting on the back of a 1,000 cc motor bike and roaring off into the distance at a speed ferocious enough to make your hair curl? To most people, the


t is a , glorious sunny Bank Holi­ day in the Kibble


notion of mounting a thun­ derous motor bike for a day out on the road has all the appeal of a night out in downtown Belgrade. Yet, with the arrival of warm weather, thousands of bik­ ers come out of hibernation to hit the Tarmac on their mighty machines. But, all too often, some end up hit­ ting the headlines as well. Last year alone, 17 motor­ cyclists were killed in Lan­ cashire and 137 seriously injured. So what is the attraction? To try and find out, I accepted an invita­ tion to join a biker friend for a "jaunt" on his Honda 1,000 GBR racing bike to Knott End, near Black­


pool. And, before I can think


about it, I am putting a crash helmet on and ginger­ ly climbing on to the back of a metal, beast. "The trick," my frieiid says, " is to just relax; youlre,not going to' blow off, because I'm in front of you and I'm


a big lad." Fifteen stone, to be exact. In fact, it is like getting on to. a bike with a


grizzly bear. It is all sedate enough to


begin with, but, approach­ ing the A59 Ribchester


turn-off, I am given some­ thing to really worry about as my friend "opens" up the throttle and "winds on" the speed. The pull and whine of the machine is gut- wrenching. I feel myself tensing as taught as the


I steel beneath me. My grip on the seat handle behind me becomes so tight that I fear my knuckles are going to explode like pop corn. As quickly as we accelerate, though, we.slow again and my terror recedes momen­


tarily. As we turn off down to


Ribchester, a magnificent Lancashire panorama comes into view and all of a sudden I feel alive and relaxed. I notice my friend is mindful of the 30 m.p.h


speed limit, as we wind through leafy hamlets and villages on the way to Lon- gridge. My confidence begins to grow, but evapo­ rates as we hit a stretch of open road and my friend decides to unleash the full power of the saddled devil below. It is a truly terrify­ ing and yet electrifying experience; the wind roars, my eyes water and it feels like we are about to take off. When my heart-rate finally returns to normal, once we have pulled into the Knott End Cafe, I cross-examine my friend about the morali­ ty and sanity of biking at these ridiculous speeds. He is unrepentant. "It's knowing when and


where to do it," he says. "It's all about using your head and knowing your limit. Friends used to tell me I wouldn't make it to 21. 'You'll get killed riding like that,' they said, but I'm still here. You've got to know your limits, knowing where to wind it off, once you've wind it on." I have had a brief insight


into the adrenaline buzz biking can provide, but what has made my friend, a family man in a responsible job, a diehard biker for the


last 20 years? He tells me: "It's the free­


dom. It's so much easier on a motor bike. There's no hassle if you hit traffic: you just ride down the middle of


the road. It's the buzz too, knowing you have to get it 100 per cent right every time," he says, assuring me he has only come oft a bike twice and never injured


himself. Lancashire traffic police


officers say they well under­ stand the attraction of


motor cycling and empha­ sise that they do not want to be killjoys, but they do want to stop riders killing themselves. To this end, in March, they launched "Bike Safe 2000," a high- profile campaign aimed at bringing together key peo­ ple and organisations to promote safer biking. The hope is to severely reduce accidents and deaths on the road by the Millennium. "We don't want to scare


people to death, but we do want to impress on people what a dangerous pastime it can be," said a police spokesman. She added: "We are going all out for educa­ tion, trying to encourage people to go on the motor cycling courses, wear the appropriate clothing and consider the changes in motor cyle design that have taken place over the last 20


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, Curlish on his hairy fact­ finding ride and, riglit, Lancashire traffic police’s


safe biking campaign (160 .59 9 /2 6 /2 2)


years. We don't want to measure the loss of lives in financial terms, but another consideration is that deal­ ing with a serious bike acci­ dent can cost up to a mil­ lion pounds." Police from the East Lan­


cashire Divison have recent­ ly launched a series of "Solo Patrols", on notorious roads such as the A59 and A6, aimed at cracking down on speeding bikers from as far away as Manchester aas they head for areas such as Devil's Bridge at Kirby


Lonsdale. PC Andy Wild, a mem­


ber of the patrols, com­ mented: "We are more than happy for motor cyclists to use the roads in our divi­ sion, providing they use them in a safe and sensible way. Most of them do, but, unfortunately, a small


European photographic expert’s new honour


i a n o t h e r top honour has been accorded to Ribblesdale Camera Club


I member Mr John West, a well-known personality who has owned Borough Printing, Clitheroe, for 27 years. As we have reported, Mr West is one of


I Europe's leading experts in computer- enhanced photography and continues to win major international prizes for his work. Much is based on exceptional pictures of colourful Continental scenes and events. Now Mr West has qualified for the Mas­ ter Award of the Photographic Alliance of


I Great Britain - a rarely bestowed accolade from an organisation which represents


1 more than 60,000 enthusiasts in 1,100 pho­ tographic clubs. There are six independent


I adjudicators and only work of the highest standard is accepted.


I Mr West is already a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, the classic measure


of skill for professionals and amateurs. Not everyone feels that computer altor-


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which would have been made more sensibly after seeing a lot of pictures rather than a few. Mr West almost expects to be ques­ tioned closely about his activities - they have led to lecturing invitations from pho­ tographic societies all over England and Scotland, and people are keen to put their


views. "I understand the disquiet but there . , ,


have been controversial developments before in photography," says Mr West. "Everything has to move on and progress and there will always bo people who raise


questions." Computers have been a key feature of liis


firm's expansion over the years, but Mr West is keen to point out that photographs can be enhanced with relatively simple and inexpensive equipment. Some of the 20 prints which won him the Master Award have hardly been altered by the computer at all, but every one is eye-catching and mind-engaging. No-one looking at them could fail to be impressed, even if they would find the effectiveness of Mr West's technical and pictorial skills hard to describe in words.


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minority use them like a race track. We warn them to stop doing it, otherwise we will crack down on them with the full force of the law."


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tion about safe biking, ring Lancashire Constabulary Headquarters Road Safety Unit on 01772 618735.


Chance for local artists to exhibit their talents


LOCAL artists are now being sought to enter the 1999 Open Exhibition to be held at the Centenaries Theatre,


Stonyhurst. Clitheroe's Platform Gallery and the Centenaries


Theatre, organisers of the event, are imuting artists liv­ ing in the Lancashire area to submit work for the forth­ coming exhibition, which takes place from June 21st to


July 30th. Work in the medias of collage, draiving, pmnting and . .


print making will be welcomed. A panel of judges will then choose which pieces will be exhibited from the work submitted. Unfortunately, due to the volume expected, not all pieces entered will be shown. Exhibitors must be aged 16 and over and may sub­


mit one item, w'hich must have the name and address of the artist, plus the title, medium and retail price on


the back. Members of the public will be asked to vote for the


exhibit they like the best by a Ribble Valley artist and for their overall favourite. Those with most votes will bo notified in advance and awarded their prizes on the evening of the next exhibitions preview. All completed forms must reach the Platform


Gallery by May 2*lth, along with a £2 fee per entr>'. All pieces entered should be delivered to the gallery from May 26th to 29th between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4-


30 p.m. Following the exhibition, all unsold work must be


collected between August 9th and 14th.


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1 service of Christ. They are the kind of folk St Paul used to call saints, using the (ireek word hagios, translated in the


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Bible as saints. We are apt to say that we are no


saints because the word suggests a very holy person and we know our­ selves to be sinners. I understand that hagios describes a person devoted to the service of God. This 1 implies someone separated or set


hristians are peopie who know themseives to be calied into the


aside from the ordinary run of per­ sons in order to specially belong to God. Such persons are not noted because of their withdrawal from ordinary life and activity, but by their actions and reactions, in life's situations, being of such a quality and character as to distinguish them as being the people of God. Stained glass window saints are


apt to give us the wrong impres­ sion. St Peter, for example, would be the first to disclaim such repre­ sentations of him. If he came and sat beside you in church, you would possibly note a distinct smell of


fish. Looking into his face, you would not associate it with the fea­ tures depicted in stained glass win­


dows. When a little lad was asked to


describe w'hat a saint was, his thoughts went to the ones he had seen in his church's window. So ho answered more truly than he realised; "A saint is someone who lets the light shine through them." Our Lord depends on his present-


day saints to let His light shine through their lives. When we decide to invite Jesus into our everyday lives, we set ourselves apart. Know­


ing that our Lord sacrificed Him­ self for us, we sense that this, in a wonderful way, makes us belong to God. We are different from others who


have no special allegiance because we have a different motivation. They seek to go their own way, liv­ ing only for pleasure. We seek to follow God's guidance and serve Him as best we are able. Jesus says: "So let your light


shine before men that they, seeing your good works, will glorify God." Joe Stansficld


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