In Depth:  Sheila Eaton

'There must surely be more to life than getting round the next bend faster and faster!' This was the topic of conversation as we sat drinking in the pub one night.

I was a biker - and there was nothing I liked more than riding my motorbike at speed (the faster the better!) around winding country lanes or in the slip-stream of some lorry on the motorway, and then opening up the throttle to roar by to achieve the 'ton'.