Not a great year sadly. As recorded elsewhere, my Father passed away in July at the age of 90 - much missed particulaly during our recent visit to England for Christmas. However, 2023 had not finished with us as Em’s Father Tony suffered a series of falls at the beginning of December and although he was discharged for a short period from hospital, had contracted pneumonia and sadly passed away on 8 December. Very difficult time for Em and her Mother.
Tony was a lovely chap and whilst never the most voluble of personalities was a real salt of the earth chap who was lovely to chat to and had a wry sense of humour. Although he was 86 and had not been in the best of health, it did nevertheless come as a shock to us all and our trip down to Bristol over Christmas was certainly tinged with sadness although it was good to see Em’s Mother.
