Julia and I too had the pleasure of meeting him and Diane on the MoB trip. I first spotted his car before that at a Bicester Heritage event and was so pleased to then see it turn up on the trip. His car was the first puncture casualty as we left Hotel La Lauzetane (above) so they missed the Monaco leg of the trip whilst waiting for tyres to arrive. iirc they then picked us up again at Lake Como (or was it Portofino?). I know he was leading the charge up the Gotthard Pass through Switzerland with myself, Eb & Rick in pursuit on our return leg.
This is one of the few photos I have, taken at one of the first mass fuel stops leaving Lyon heading for the mountains.
So very sad, our thoughts and prayers with his family at this time.