Retiring, almost, at 88 – that’s ‘Bishop Bob’!

An Ashover man is winding down at last after a remarkable 60-year career at home and abroad.

WHAT do you do when you are charged at very close quarters by an angry rhino? If you’re Bob Beak, you take to your heels, run like the clappers and zig-zag your way through the thick Kenyan bush in the hope of losing the beast. If you’re in the know, however, you simply step to one side, pick up a rock and throw it in the opposite direction to persuade the animal to change course…