I now have the Funeral arrangements

Friday morning 21st at the Church , 09.15
Followed by cremation at 10.30am

Please watch for a completely new thread on Friday morning - we will have our own send off for Tony - I have a plan for it and have told Emma so .

What else does one do on a quiet Sunday evening ?

Santé - as she lifts her glass of red

HG - we wondered about this for a long time - and just decided to try and get all our wine whilst in France.

Our poshest wine cost €5/bottle - but believe me that was one seriously good Bordeaux Superieur .

We found the wine in our cubitainers travelled well - we brought back Red Bordeaux at 14degrees and Entre Deux Mers without any problem. We tried Monbazillac one year from a grower in that area - but it didn't travel well - never repeated .

I've not a clue about that - Emma said that she was finding everything a bit surreal at present - and that I can fully sympathise with - despite the fact I was running round , a bit like a headless chicken after Raymond died , it just didn't seem as if I was on the same planet as other folk .

I'll ask her - I would imagine that it will be sometime this week - and yes your suggestion that we could all pause and pay our respects would, I think, appeal to both Jo and Emma .

Emma was most insistent that she wanted us all to know that Tony had passed

Where did you find 10L boxes - we always had 11 L ones - straight from the Cave Cooperative where it was made ?

We used to bring back at least 3 Red and 3 White on every trip , along with the case of very high quality bottles of our favourite variety , and were usually given a bottle or two [ sometimes more ] as a 'pour boire'

Our caravan was always level even with that lot in it - and we didn't travel exactly light either.

A little more to add to my post from this morning

Emma told me that Tony passed early on Wednesday morning - and Jo was with him.


For those of us who liked Tony's photos of Cyril/Cyrille I have hunted one out that always appealed to me

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I heard from Emma yesterday about this

Tony is at peace and free from all suffering - and for that we should rejoice .

He is sorely missed

well - this has made interesting reading

I'll send the link to the USA and see what they make of it

I'll admit that that was my thought - but I wasn't sure - the request came from the USA to me

HG and other northerners

Can anyone tell me anything about Newcastle Red Ale ?