The Tome of Ding

About the Book

This is a series of anecdotes from my misspent youth as I went over to the dark side and got involved with motorcycles. If you are into motorcycles, planes, cars, and things to do with boats, I have a few stories to tell you. It is an interest in colonial Kenya and New Zealand life as seen in the eyes of a guy from long ago and far away. It has stories from my ninety-seven-year-old dad in Seychelles, his WWII service, his deals with his experiences in the Mau Mau Emergency in Kenya, and him bringing his family to New Zealand in the sixties. In the seventies and eighties, I served my twenty years in the RNZAF, putting down a lot of my mishaps and adventures in an interesting time domestically and overseas.

About the Author

Born in Seychelles, brought up in Colonial Kenya during the time of the Mau Mau, emigrated to New Zealand, served 20 years in the RNZAF as a Radio Technician, has since emigrated to Western Sydney, Australia with partner Susan and has one son and two daughters. Has been a service station attendant, storeman-packer, aircraft assembler, mobile phone technician, owner builder of his own house, car/ tractor/motorcycle mechanic, motorcycle racer, inventor and is the current Mad Scientist in the basement.