Well,
so much has changed since my last posts on this blog. Having had 5
winters away we ended up in the winter of 2012/13staying at home due
to the illness of friends and family. It was far too long a winter
and we were busy making plans for other winter trips when suddenly
Gill died aged 55. She had Heart Disease that she was completely
unaware of and this led to a heart attack at the end of one of her
horse riding lessons and she did not recover.
It
was a complete shock to everyone who new such a lively, cheery and
caring person. We shared so many experiences in our 35 years,
travelling and working almost all the time together and we were
really enjoying the 6 years we had together since deciding to sell
our business and retire early
.
I
found this quote that Gill had written in one of her many notebooks,
I can understand how it appealed to her way of thinking
How
few human beings lived life as if it mattered,
he thought; to most of them it was just a case of passing time.
Sebastian Faulks A week in December.
Now
I have to face up to a different life without my friend but I still
want to carry on doing the things we both enjoyed and were so lucky
to have done together. So, here goes
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