A Fortunate Life (74 page)

With my mother, brother Richard and our ayah, 1944.

On my pony, probably in Agra around my fourth birthday, 1945.

With my mother, father and brother Tim. Donaghadee, 1946.

Above:
With Bridie. Dongahadee, c.1946.

Above:
My first salmon (John Murphy in the background). Lough Melvin, 1952.

Right:
High jump, Garth House School, Bangor, c.1950.

Kirkman’s, Bedford School, 1954 (I am fifth from right, middle row).
(Photo: Bedford School)

Bedford School 1st XV, 1958 (I am fourth from left, back row).
(Photo: Bedford School)

YO 19 1959. Left to right, back row: Angus Gordon, Richard Armstead, Roger Munton, Ron Wheeler. Middle row: me, Peter Clough, Andy Moreland, Tim Courtenay, Jim Bartlett, Rupert van der Horst. Front row: Our weapons instructors.

The Doone Valley, Exmoor. Autumn 1959.

Jane, 1960.

Before my first parachute jump. Singapore, 1960. Left to right: Tim Courtenay, me, Rupert van der Horst.

Jungle training, Fort Rekum, Malaya, with Rupert van der Horst, 1961.
(Photo by Tim Courtenay)