Geoff Capes frequently appears in the pages of "Cage & Aviary Birds". Capes currently lives at Stoke Rochford, near Grantham, and has a daughter Emma who was English Schools' shot put champion and Youth Olympics bronze medallist. His son Lewis played American football for the London Monarchs. He has four grandchildren. Geoff Capes Geoffrey Lewis Capes (born 23 August 1949) is a British former shot putter, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor. As an athlete he represented both England and Great Britain in field athletics, specialising in the shot put an event in which he was twice Commonwealth champion, twice European champion,
Bernard Capes epidemic. A memorial plaque commemorating his life is in Winchester Cathedral (where he worked in the years leading up to his death), affixed to the wall by the door which leads to the crypt. Capes' son Renalt Capes, and grandson Ian Bernard Graham Burns, are also published authors. The following stories are not included in the six short story collections:- Bernard Capes Bernard Edward Joseph Capes (30 August 1854 – 2 November 1918) was an English author. Capes was born in London, one of eleven children: his elder sister, Harriet Capes, was a noted translator and author of more than