melling was the motorcycling contributor to the daily telegraph's saturday "motoring" section for a number of years, but was succeeded by kevin ash, who later died in a motorcycling accident. melling is also the author of some 17 books on, among other things, motocross and enduro. his recent book, "“a penguin in a sparrow’s nest”", is a collection of dreadful motorbike-related autobiographical stories.