Fred Dibnah passed away today after loosing his battle with cancer. He managed to make something that was otherwise dull interesting, and I think brought character to the engineering history of this country. I'd been catching up on the various series he'd filmed, a number being repeated on cable no doubt in preparation for his latest series, which he'd only finished a few weeks ago.
Interestingly his diet during the last few months has been oranges and guiness, not the most obvious of things whilst fighting back. But then he never seemed to be an orthodox type of person.
The BBC have an obituary here.
