THE family of a cyclist pictured at the top of the Malvern Hills minutes before suffering a fatal fall have organised a fundraiser for the flying medics that helped him.

This was the poignant last photograph of John Warner, who died aged 76 last August.

It was taken just after he had cycled to the top of the Worcestershire Beacon for the first time.

Soon after the picture was taken, Mr Warner was found lying in the road with a serious head injury near to the entrance of Earnslaw Quarry car park.

He died two days later.

Police believe his bike may have skidded on some gravel.

Despite an appeal last year for the photographer to come forward, Mr Warner's daughter Kate Arnett said they still didn't know who took the picture.

She said: "It would be so lovely to know who took it.

"That picture means the world to us.

"We were all together at my Mum's the morning after he died and we thought he would have taken some photos.

"We had a look on his camera and this was the third photo.

"It just blew us away.

"He had actually labelled it 'happy.'"

Mrs Arnett, of Colwall, has organised a concert bringing together Malvern Chase Brass Band and Tewkesbury Town Band - two bands in which her father played trombone - to raise money for the Midlands Air Ambulance.

She said her family had been comforted by the care received by Mr Warner in his last hours.

She said: "All sorts of people who you would hope would be there were.

"An off duty policeman stopped with a first aid kit.

"A land ambulance came, the paramedics were there and the air ambulance got him to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital really quickly.

"When you are grieving, even though it's not the outcome that everybody wanted, it helps to know that absolutely everything was done."

The concert on Saturday (October 1) will celebrate Mr Warner's interest in the trombone, which he only learned to play after he retired aged 60 from his job at QinetiQ.

Musical directors, Gavin Arnett and Nigel Morgan have prepared an evening of uplifting music for the concert, called Flying High.

Nathan King, aged 12, who was taught to play trombone by Mr Warner, will play his first solo at the event at The Chase School, Geraldine Road

Tickets will be sold on the door and will cost £7 with £5 for concession and under 12s free.