It occurred to me today, as I added another name to the growing number of stokers who have helped me move the tandem about, that I ought to keep a list, so here goes. If I've forgotten someone please nudge me! Other tandemistas please follow suit!
In no particular order:
Mrs. Wow
Pixieannie
Dez
Teethgrinder
Nutkin
Graham (younger son)
Heather (younger daughter)
Peliroja
Crinklylion
TGL
Butterfly
Thing1
My cousin
Her daughter
My niece
A fellow chess teacher
Notsototalnewbie
My pal Terry, who art in Sibton
Speshact
My pal Michael
Delthebike
Sara Hadden, SBC Road Safety & Bikeability Team
Julian (I had forgotten this, but she remembers!)
My pal Jon (18/7/2012)
Edit 26/8/12: Arabella, on someone else's tandem trike. She was stoker and instructor rolled into one an under her tutelage I managed to steer the beast around a convoluted course. Wonderful!
My grand daughter Martha, on our new Helios electric assist tandem.
Wendy, a neighbour, who also walks dogs and rides bikes.
Clarion
Rob, a blind chap who likes cycling. He has his own tandem, a Thorn Voyager, but the pilot's set-up suits Stefan (Badger OTP) but is far too hands-down-bum-up for my liking. He's a big chap, and it's quite an upper body workout to keep the bike upright. The the mass of the two of us combined is not that far short of a quarter of a tonne. (January 2020).
Pal Sherry Fuller, one of the Good Sorts of Saaarfend. (8/2/2020)
That brings my total to 30.
I've got a feeling I've forgotten someone.
Phil has piloted Charlotte, albeit briefly and very amusingly, on our tandem, and some friends of Woolly's tried it out at his birthday bash a year or two ago.
Last year (2019) I stoked someone else's tandem when we were on some sort of XR demo in Southend.