The International Maritime Organisation, In My Opinion, is a fine organisation!
After Fairport Convention it was him and his then wife Linda for years, but never really my cup of Twinings Lemon and Ginger Tea! His solo work since then has just got better and better, Rumour and Sigh is one of his "rockest" CDs, and my favourite. I have heard so many guitar solos in my life that I am bored of them, but RT and Jeff Beck always impress me.
Getting vaguely back to off-road pedal power, a while back I bought a Daewoo Shuttle folding bike, to fit in cars and to take on trains down to Squeak's. I aslo took it to Festivals to get around the site, and the Guilford one where we saw RT was its unveiling to the Fezheads, and I figured I could expect merciless mickey-taking. We unpacked the huge van, and Scary Fez, a HUGE fellow with the most cutting wit, was the first to see it and I was worried about his imminent salvo. WRONG, he just said "Wow that's a handy little bike, can I have a go?" I let him, but still expected extreme sarcasm, be off he went immediately across the fields to the beer tent, and wobbled back merry on it 4 hours later. No sarcastic remarks at all, he loved it, because it got him to the beer quicker!
So that's a Daewoo Shuttle Folding bike, the frame is solid, but the handles fold over on a universal joint, and the saddle is on a two piece telescopic up-tube which compacts down nicely, very handy little bike, bankrupt stock for £20 and another £40 to re-build the back wheel with a Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub gear box, and YES, I HAVE been off-road on it! Phew, fully back on topic!