Farewell old Friend

It has been an emotional day with the funeral  of Patrick, who was the first friend I made when I moved to Winchester  over forty years ago. He was  73. After the  requiem mass and committal there was a very warm and  uplifting celebration of his life when we met others of his  friends and  family, some we had never met before, but knew of, and others we hadn't seen for a very long time.  Pat was a very modest and principled  man, who always put other people first, so I was pleased that today he got the recognition and  good send off he deserved.