Hovis made the local press earlier this week

[Jabba]

We thought that some of you might like to see this - Hovis made the local rag earlier this week. Please note that some people might not find it an easy read:
http://www.llanmonforum.org.uk/HOVIS_SWE.pdf (410kb, thanks to Mogs for scanning).

Same article (but without pics) online here:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/10/19/i-knew-my-son-would-die-on-his-motorbike-91466-24959875/

[Specialone]

Brought a tear i must admit, i think his mums thoughts about every time he went out on his bike wondering if he would come back, mirrors all our loved ones feelings.
Its one thing we dont sometimes think about the worry we put our loved ones through every time we go for a ride.
Phil

[the_lone_wolf]

Very sad reading, it's always hard balancing the love of riding with the concerns of family members, to lose someone you love to something you don't understand the urge for must be horrible

[Holdup]

Just read that article, it was a nice article very touching and sad :(

I never knew he was a personal trainer / gym instructor, would explain his athletasism (sp?)

Thoughts are with his Mum, family and friends, must of been tough doing that interview

[G]

I saw this earlier in the week but didnt know whether to bring it to other attention or not. :(

[Rich]

Thats very sad reading that, I hope our presence at his funeral was of some comfort to her, to show her what biking brought to his life aswell as the thrill.

[Shellywoozle]

Aww tear in my eye, what a lovely piccy of Hovis and Mummy Hovis. She was ever so proud of him :) what a sad thing for her to do but what a lovely article.

I still can't believe he gone :(

[Speedy Claire]

That`s so touching and a lovely read. I admire Mrs Furness immensely.... despite her grief she wants everyone to know how much she loved her son and how proud she was.

[missyburd]

thankyuo for putting that up Jabba, very touching article and the photos look lovely. His ma's a very brave lady, I'm so glad about the spectacular turnout at the funeral.

[xXBADGERXx]

How can I word this carefully ?

In a way I am thankful that he went instantly and that he appeared to be sleeping and didn`t look any other way . It would be even more heartbreaking to know that she had to see him one last time in any other condition than that , heartbreaking as this has been for everyone . That last little bit of info there has taken any sort of .............. well , thoughts I had about it and has cleared it up for me , it`s upset me again for sure , upsetting that Joyce had to see her little lad Sleeping for the last time . Aah I gotta go ..............

[metalangel]

I'm not a fan of the Echo (****ty tabloid IMHO) nor the choice of headline ('I knew my son would die on his motorbike') but the article itself is in the right spirit and has brought a tear to my eye. I still can't quite comprehend that it's happened, it doesn't feel entirely feel real, even after this much time.

Thanks for posting it.

[-Ralph-]

I'm not a fan of the Echo (****ty tabloid IMHO) nor the choice of headline ('I knew my son would die on his motorbike') but the article itself is in the right spirit and has brought a tear to my eye. I still can't quite comprehend that it's happened, it doesn't feel entirely feel real, even after this much time.

Thanks for posting it.

Shame nobody took the effort to get the picture caption right. I agree about the headline too. Bikers who didn't know Hovis will see read the corny headline, then a picture of a yellow SV with a caption that says yellow Fireblade, and turn the page thinking "what a load of bollox"

[bikerchick82]

Very moving.

As for the caption, don't you think Hovis would have something to say about that? Or would he just be laughing his ass off that they not only mixed up the models of bike but that they aren't even of the same manufacturer?

Sorry if I've spoken out of place, it's just that from his posts, even though I didn't know him, I can imagine him taking the mick.

[Holdup]

Shame nobody took the effort to get the picture caption right. I agree about the headline too. Bikers who didn't know Hovis will see read the corny headline, then a picture of a yellow SV with a caption that says yellow Fireblade, and turn the page thinking "what a load of bollox"

EDIT*: Sorry just took another look at the photo

[plowsie]

Gordon Bennet, they got the wrong bike! Bloody journos!

A very moving article. The picture with him and his mum is lovely. A proud lady with a determined and successful son.

[xXBADGERXx]

Somebody didn`t believe me in the service , but there was a piccy of him on the Service sheet with the Dickie Bow and I said "I am sure I`ve seen the bottom half of that piccy and he`s wearing a Kilt in it" . I had another skrike last night after reading that lot in the paper and had to log off :(

[appollo1]

Just read the article and am sitting here feeling very emotional. Mrs Appollo and I had never met Hovis and our thoughts are with his mum who has been through so much grief in the last 7 years.

Rest in peace wee man.

[caz650s]

Please don't start knocking the newspaper for getting the make of the bike wrong.

It is Hovis' Mums words that are important as far as I am concerned

I don't care that they made an error .. it is the lovely picture of Hovis taken a week before he passed away in his beloved Wales out on a bike ride with his Mates looking so happy & content that matters to me.

I really miss you Hovis & still can't believe we won't ride together again :(

[Wideboy]

it is the lovely picture of Hovis taken a week before he passed away in his beloved Wales out on a bike ride with his Mates looking so happy & content that matters to me.

+1, for me personally that is my favourite pic of hovis :smt001

[dizzyblonde]

next to his favourite bike of all. A YELLOW CURVY S. :-)

[Dave20046]

Extremely sad and numbing.
Comforting that he died instantly without a scratch on him.

That's not his old Curvy is it? Is it another orger's or something?

[Wideboy]

Extremely sad and numbing.
Comforting that he died instantly without a scratch on him.

That's not his old Curvy is it? Is it another orger's or something?

its oldgits i think

[Cymraeg_Atodeg]

I didn't see the article in the paper, shows how much I pay attention to their writing.

Ralph, your right about the caption, but again, this is the "Echo"...

I am glad David was shown in a positive light even if what he was doing (riding his bike) wasn't.

I mean, FFS he could have been doing drugs or something (would have been cheaper with all the miles he did!) But, he wasn't, he was riding his bike and he enjoyed doing it and brought joy to others doing it. Just because that's how he died doesn't make it bad.

Articles like this p1ss me off, David was a great guy, but, the article tries to make out that his riding his bike is evil... tw4ts...

I feel for Joyce, because, I know this is how my mum feels when ever I ride my bike, and it doesn't help I got knocked off by a lorry in August... But, everytime I leave the house I let my mum know how much I love her and that she has to understand I love riding and won't give it up...

Sorry for going on for ages...

[Dave20046]

Ah cheers.
He was proud of that t-shirt too :)

[Dave20046]

I didn't see the article in the paper, shows how much I pay attention to their writing.

Ralph, your right about the caption, but again, this is the "Echo"...

I am glad David was shown in a positive light even if what he was doing (riding his bike) wasn't.

I mean, FFS he could have been doing drugs or something (would have been cheaper with all the miles he did!) But, he wasn't, he was riding his bike and he enjoyed doing it and brought joy to others doing it. Just because that's how he died doesn't make it bad.

Articles like this p1ss me off, David was a great guy, but, the article tries to make out that his riding his bike is evil... ****s...

I feel for Joyce, because, I know this is how my mum feels when ever I ride my bike, and it doesn't help I got knocked off by a lorry in August... But, everytime I leave the house I let my mum know how much I love her and that she has to understand I love riding and won't give it up...

Sorry for going on for ages...
I don't think it portray's him or bikers in a badlight (personally). That's not how I read it, really feel for Hovis's mum though.

[Cymraeg_Atodeg]

I don't think it portray's him or bikers in a badlight (personally). That's not how I read it, really feel for Hovis's mum though.

I suppose it is how you read it, but, the main headline is hardly positive for biking is it!?

[Dave20046]

I suppose it is how you read it, but, the main headline is hardly positive for biking is it!?
No, it's really bothering me to be honest. It's meant to be emotive not to paint bikers in a bad light as far as I can see, not something that most want to read though.

[Quiff Wichard]

a moving article that.. ..

[Quiff Wichard]

in addition- it is still only really hitting me now that he has gone.. and we wont see him again for some beers.

[plowsie]

Please don't start knocking the newspaper for getting the make of the bike wrong.
Apologies, it was meant in a humerous context.

[Drew Carey]

This was very hard to read and I (along with some others from here) read this whilst in Joyce’s front room as she gave us a copy. Although hard to read and it can be read quite negatively, it is quite simply the views of a mother who has had her life ripped apart by a motorbike accident. However, as has been said before, considering all of this, it took a very strong and brave woman to openly invite the biking community to the funeral, something which I admire her for.

Joyce knows how much biking meant to Hovis, how much his biking friends meant to him and how supportive the whole community has been. She has had nothing but praise for every one of the bikers she has met. This article is quite simply her views on her fear of David going on his bike, something which I have no doubt is a similar fear to any non biker who has a biking relative / spouse.

For me it personally made me sad, not because of any negative slant (if read that way) towards bikers, but because it shows the impact that his death has and will in the future have on Joyce. Most importantly, it shows the love she had for her son.

“He was the life and soul of the party”, “Everyone loved him. He had a genuine personality and was very loyal to his friends.”

These two simple lines sum up exactly the man he was. He had a special place in mine and Lily’s hearts, along with many people from the forum. But for his Mum, he was everything.

[Luckypants]

Well said Drew.

[Quiff Wichard]

This was very hard to read and I (along with some others from here) read this whilst in Joyce’s front room as she gave us a copy. Although hard to read and it can be read quite negatively, it is quite simply the views of a mother who has had her life ripped apart by a motorbike accident. However, as has been said before, considering all of this, it took a very strong and brave woman to openly invite the biking community to the funeral, something which I admire her for.

Joyce knows how much biking meant to Hovis, how much his biking friends meant to him and how supportive the whole community has been. She has had nothing but praise for every one of the bikers she has met. This article is quite simply her views on her fear of David going on his bike, something which I have no doubt is a similar fear to any non biker who has a biking relative / spouse.

For me it personally made me sad, not because of any negative slant (if read that way) towards bikers, but because it shows the impact that his death has and will in the future have on Joyce. Most importantly, it shows the love she had for her son.

“He was the life and soul of the party”, “Everyone loved him. He had a genuine personality and was very loyal to his friends.”

These two simple lines sum up exactly the man he was. He had a special place in mine and Lily’s hearts, along with many people from the forum. But for his Mum, he was everything.



Spot on Drew..

[caz650s]

Apologies, it was meant in a humerous context.

No probs Plowsie mate ;)