Tilling (Sussex) story, "Diplomatic Incident", for the former Tilling Society in 1998 and another called "Great Minds" for the Friends of Tilling in 2006. The Friends of Tilling organise an annual gathering in Rye each September for devotees of Mapp & Lucia and E F Benson's other comic novels. Two other Tilling books, "Major Benjy" and "Au Reservoir", were written by Guy Fraser-Sampson and published by Troubador. In 2014 the BBC made a new three-part series adapted by Steve Pemberton (who also played Georgie Pillson) from the original "Mapp and Lucia" novel. Lamb House was the model for "Mallards", the home initially
La Vie Claire onwards La Vie Claire was no longer a sponsor. The jersey was redesigned in 1990. The Toshiba team continued until the end of the 1991 season. Also strongly associated with La Vie Claire was the French company LOOK, which made the first clipless pedals, and which was owned by Tapie at that time. La Vie Claire was among the first to use carbon fiber frames in the Tour de France. The team switched in 1986 from their previous supplier, Hinault, to carbon fiber frames and forks by TVT. In 1989 the team rode a carbon-fiber frame/fork manufactured by LOOK and